How to Use received in a Sentence

received

adjective

• What was radical thinking in times past has become received wisdom today.
• The color-blind casting in the film has been very well received.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2019
• The fact of that is, in the last ten or fifteen years, my work has been really well received.
  — Jeff Slate, Esquire, 2 Mar. 2018
• Laksmi, a koala, was one of the marsupials the received help.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 3 Mar. 2021
• To avoid the death penalty, Cron pleaded guilty and received life without parole.
  — Matt Goldfarb, CBS News, 19 June 2019
• Misterwives did a buoyant 45-minute opening set that was very well received.
  — George Paul, Orange County Register, 29 Mar. 2017
• Blomberg has so far received bills covering only some of her treatment and prescriptions.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 1 May 2020
• He was knocked unconscious and received emergency treatment for a head injury.
  — Jon Emont, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2018
• The series has been extremely popular, and the palette was very well received, but many felt that something was missing.
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 13 Nov. 2019
• The Mac & Cheese was tested in five markets, and according to the statement, the new side was very well received.
  — Ricky Pinela, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Aug. 2019
• And while restaurant gift cards may have been a go-to gift for holidays past, giving the pleasure of not even having to leave the house, may be much more well received.
  — Melissa Kravitz, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2017
• The children, a 2-year-old and a 6-month-old, received emergency treatment but both later died due to their injuries.
  — Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 30 June 2017
• The received wisdom is that the Netherlands should have won the 1974 World Cup.
  — SI.com, 9 June 2018
• Ars has reached out to Shadow for further details about the kinks in its Iowa data pipeline but has thus far received no response.
  — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2020
• Nearly 8 in 10 of those who said they had been vaccinated received doses from their employers.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2021
• The received wisdom that people would tire of social distancing, and that shutting down early would mean loosening early too, was just a hunch.
  — The Economist, 18 June 2020
• The plan for the medical school has so far received widespread support from Tyler officials and East Texas lawmakers.
  — María Méndez, Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2020
• If Day Shift is well received, don't be surprised to find Perry and Stahelski reteaming for a sequel or two.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2022
• In the two years since the incident, Juul has not received FDA approval as a smoking cessation device.
  — Arman Azad, CNN, 25 July 2019
• A day after the family of four received notice to leave their $837-a-month, one-bedroom unit, Contreras went to the hospital with chest pains.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2019
• The bloc had shared proposals with the United States as recently as July for a new regime on aircraft subsidies, but had so far received no response.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 3 Oct. 2019
• Single motherhood, health, women’s legal status and more received scrutiny, and the site looked far beyond the borders of the United States.
  — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2017
• The received wisdom was that the Premier League would have three, possibly four, of its six representatives in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
  — James Horncastle, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
• For years, the DNA held no matches, but about two years ago, the victims one by one received phone calls that there was finally a face and name to match to the elusive attacker who had altered the trajectory of all their lives.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 24 Oct. 2022