How to Use response in a Sentence

response

noun
  • When you knocked on the door, was there any response?
  • He got a response to his letter.
  • Her response to their decision was to threaten to quit her job.
  • When I told him my plan, I wasn't expecting such an enthusiastic response.
  • I am writing in response to your letter of July 17.
  • The bass response is probably the star of the show here.
    Maren Estrada, BGR, 11 Apr. 2022
  • What has the response been like for you this past week?
    Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2022
  • And yet the response in the poll was still overwhelming.
    David Paleologos, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2022
  • But the online response convinced him to come back the next day.
    Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2020
  • The bathroom dance scene was added in response to the music.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 15 Nov. 2019
  • The group staged a protest in response to the war in Israel and Gaza.
    Heather Hunter, Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Emails released to The Star did not show a response from the city.
    Katie Bernard, kansascity, 2 July 2018
  • The city needs a stronger response to reckless driving.
    Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2021
  • In response, Google had the idea to let users search for images.
    Leah Prinzivalli, SELF, 12 July 2018
  • The tweets sparked a response from at least one city official as well.
    Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2018
  • And the common response to that take was that audiences root for bad men all the time.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2022
  • But the response was to have to give her electric shock therapy.
    Wilson Chapman, Variety, 15 Apr. 2022
  • And there are even more responses like this in the comments section.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 22 Apr. 2019
  • But experts say the outraged response has gone too far.
    WIRED, 15 Feb. 2023
  • In response, the high court took the rare step of writing about its reasoning.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The response to Russia’s war on Ukraine is a key part of that.
    Matthew Duss, The New Republic, 1 June 2022
  • Not a canned or rehearsed response that too many adults give to other adults.
    Jerry Davich, Post-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2017
  • In response, the city plans to install cameras to capture that area.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Tragedies like mine have no one-size-fits-all response.
    Donna Britt, Washington Post, 26 June 2020
  • Call on the state to fund enhanced crisis response services.
    Tiffany Callender Erbelding and Lisa Pearson, baltimoresun.com, 18 Nov. 2021
  • This allowed for quick responses when a heart rhythm changed.
    Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
  • In response, the Czechs decided to build their own school.
    Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 4 Nov. 2021
  • In response, Abiy sent more troops to the northern region.
    NBC News, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Men who hand-wrote letters home and waited weeks for a response.
    Christina Ruffini, CBS News, 7 June 2019
  • The 19-year-old topped of the response with a skull emoji.
    Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 11 Aug. 2021

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