How to Use respond in a Sentence

respond

1 of 2 verb

• The teacher asked a question, but the student didn't respond.
• Police quickly responded to the call for help.
• My mother responded to my request with a firm no.
• She hasn't yet responded to my letter.
• When I asked him what he was doing, he responded that it was none of my business.
• She responded to their decision by threatening to quit.
• Luo wrote, to which Edens didn’t respond.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
• How do people respond to fear and stress?
  — Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
• Sanders was quick to respond in the comments on the post.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
• Take a step back, process it, and then respond clearly.
  — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2026
• Still, her words intrigued him enough to respond.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 11 Jan. 2026
• The Padres responded with small ball in the eighth.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
• That could also shape how the Fed responds.
  — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
• Prayers were sung over a tannoy to the crowd which responded in song.
  — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
• Dixon did not respond to a request for a comment.
  — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
• Israel has yet to respond to that latest post.
  — Gawon Bae, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
• The firm did not respond to requests for comment.
  — Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
• Lee did not respond to a request for comment.
  — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
• Hoskie and Hill did not respond to emails or phone calls for this story.
  — Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
• Marsh did not respond to a request for comment.
  — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
• You are not required to respond to her messages.
  — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
• Paramedics responded and pronounced the man dead at the scene.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
• The spokesperson didn’t respond to questions about where his wife lives.
  — Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2025
• How are some states responding to the issue?
  — Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 11 May 2026
• Scott did not respond to requests for comment.
  — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
• Sacks did not respond to requests for comment.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
• Brown did not respond to an email or phone request for comment on this story.
  — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 6 Sep. 2025
• White did not respond to emails or a voicemail asking about the issue.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
• The agency did not respond to a question about why a full survey has not been done.
  — Nick Bowlin, The Frontier, 16 Feb. 2026
• The crowd responded with groans after the move, which did damage to both men.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026

respond

2 of 2 noun

• How the Fever respond could be the breaking point of the season.
  — J.l. Kirven, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2021
• So, how will Sean Payton's club respond?
  — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
• How should a hospital respond if it is hit by a ransomware attack?
  — Melanie Evans, WSJ, 10 June 2021
• Waiting too long to spot a trend and respond can make recovery much harder.
  — Heather Kelly, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
• All four applicants were given a chance to make their pitch last week and respond to questions.
  — Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com, 20 Oct. 2021
• Classic detect-and-respond loops don’t get breathing room.
  — Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
• Black boys and students of color respond to people who look like them, the research showed.
  — James E. Causey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2021
• But how should a brand respond to this seismic shift that is impacting mental health across the board?
  — Drew Train, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• Lussier was pleased to see the Empire respond to Porter’s rally speech.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 12 June 2021
• The big question now is… How will the cannabis industry respond?
  — Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 8 June 2022
• But how will Cincinnati’s offense respond coming out of the bye?
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2022
• In this case, the odds that the relevant party will change its ways or respond are minimal.
  — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 20 Dec. 2022
• Many even have the ability to empty their own dustbins and respond to voice commands.
  — Camryn Rabideau, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
• How the Longhorns respond will show whether they’re truly primed for the program’s deepest run in over a decade.
  — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 1 Jan. 2021
• Perturbed by the change, bastions of the legacy culture respond.
  — Chris White, Forbes, 17 May 2021
• How ocean life at the North and South poles respond will be different than species in the tropics.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2022
• Nor did the department respond to Van Duyne's claim of alleged stonewalling.
  — Sam Dorman, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2021
• Servers seem to have memorized the makeup of every dish and respond to design questions with ease.
  — Washington Post, 18 May 2022
• Police probe into gang areas to show their reach, and gangs respond with intense volleys of bullets.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Gallón, CNN, 9 Aug. 2022
• Every year, officers and deputies across the county respond to tens of thousands of mental health calls.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2021
• The ability to play with a lead and respond when push comes to shove is a promising sign for the Musketeers.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 20 Nov. 2021
• That version was marketed as a way for civilians to take the law into their own hands and respond to crime in progress, rather than avoid it.
  — NBC News, 2 June 2021
• So this is a pretty compelling time to watch the show respond, often in real time, to a ton of uncertainty.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2020
• They are often met with incomplete job descriptions and slow-to-respond recruiting teams—and who can blame them.
  — Anil Dharni, Forbes, 15 June 2022
• Understanding how wildlife responds can help scientists predict which species are likely to adapt and which may face greater risks.
  — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
• The time for enterprises to detect and respond has to be shortened by two orders of magnitude.
  — Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• So how did the 36-year-old seminarian respond?
  — John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
• Hertzberg, who voted yes on Tuesday, did not answer the phone or respond to messages Thursday.
  — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 10 Dec. 2021
• The homeless respond to incentives.
  — Washington Post, 7 May 2026
• Much depends on what Washington does next and how Venezuela’s fractured polity responds.
  — Robert Muggah, The Conversation, 4 Jan. 2026