How to Use receptive in a Sentence

receptive

adjective

• I was happy to be speaking before such a receptive audience.
• Mehta was not receptive to the request to wait for the Supreme Court.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2024
• And if that doe isn’t receptive, the buck will be off to the races, looking for a doe that is.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 20 Oct. 2020
• Louisville was receptive to the move and to helping Churchill Downs, Tyra added.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 22 June 2020
• Thank you to the powers at be at HGTV that were receptive to our idea.
  — Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 9 July 2025
• And Alan Salazar, the mayor’s chief of staff, said Hancock was receptive to the idea and would be again.
  — Nic Garcia, The Denver Post, 25 July 2019
• The rest of the Colts were receptive to Kelly’s perspective, and to his ideas.
  — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2020
• But for the most part a lot of the adoptive and foster parents are receptive and want to learn.
  — J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2025
• The righty was receptive and had seen what the Yankees had done for Clay Holmes’ career.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 June 2024
• Others will be more receptive to your ideas at that point in time.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2019
• But many city leaders from across the state have been more receptive.
  — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2022
• But the biggest thanks ever go to Jeff, for being receptive to the idea at all.
  — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 4 Oct. 2019
• There’s no need to be concerned if your cat isn’t receptive to CBD oil right away.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022
• Bucks are still rutty, prowling, and looking for the last receptive does of the year.
  — Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 4 Dec. 2019
• Still, even if the city is receptive, Keller said the project would take several years.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Aug. 2021
• There are more than a few lawmakers who seem receptive to the idea.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Sep. 2020
• Others could be quite receptive and open to your ideas.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Oct. 2019
• Do not try to force your values on those who are not receptive.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2020
• Clients and their families have been receptive to the changes.
  — Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 7 May 2024
• What could have made the other person be more receptive to your point of view?
  — Neha Sangwan, Fortune Well, 26 Sep. 2023
• More to the point, all of this may be finding a receptive audience among Trump's base.
  — Wired Staff, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2023
• Every day, a few more does become receptive and that brings a frenzy to the bucks.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 2 Nov. 2023
• As with so many young adult novels, the kids outsmart the adults by being receptive to new ideas.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 21 May 2022
• But because the fuels are not as receptive, Cal Fire has been able to knock the fires down quickly.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, SFChronicle.com, 23 Aug. 2019
• So if any one of them wasn’t leaning on the others or wasn’t being receptive to it, get them out of there.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
• In court, the county’s attorney was receptive to the idea.
  — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2020
• Some were receptive, noting the pair’s high ranks within the chain of command.
  — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 18 May 2022
• Not everyone in the program was receptive to this point of view.
  — New York Times, 14 June 2022
• And the crowd has been so receptive and beautiful and diverse.
  — Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
• The president has been receptive to both honors, thanking Starmer and Netanyahu.
  — Saige Miller, NPR, 2 Aug. 2025