How to Use reactive in a Sentence

reactive

adjective

• The government's response to the problem was reactive rather than proactive.
• Lace up your roller skates and put on your blacklight reactive neon.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2022
• What this means for your first message: Again, try to keep the first few messages light and don’t open up with a reactive note.
  — Naydeline Mejia, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
• The key is to be responsive, rather than reactive, Lee says.
  — Aryelle Siclait, Women's Health, 15 Mar. 2023
• Instead, the lifeguards switch to more of a reactive approach.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 4 Sep. 2023
• But by and large their defensive style skews more to the reactive and passive side.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Jan. 2022
• Another one of my favorite things about the chair is its reactive seat tilt.
  — Sarah Toscano, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2022
• How often should guys be getting into those kind of things, the reactive strength moves?
  — Greg Presto, Men's Health, 29 Nov. 2022
• But she’s reduced to a reactive presence this time out, which sells the character short.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2022
• The star takes a whiny victim role and turns it into a master class in reactive comic acting.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2023
• The work was more reactive in observing a sport fish's condition and growth.
  — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2023
• Keep in Mind: Copper is reactive to acidity, so these bowls shouldn't be used with acidic foods.
  — Michelle Rostamian, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 May 2023
• Meanwhile the loops keep getting faster, more reactive.
  — WIRED, 25 Sep. 2023
• What made it so that Google is reactive to this moment instead of proactive in kicking off the platform shift?
  — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 12 May 2023
• This is the more proactive approach to take rather than being reactive after there is a crisis.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• Place 2 tablespoons puree or juice concentrate in a small, non-reactive saucepan and sprinkle the gelatin over.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 28 Feb. 2022
• The solution is likely to be in the form of reactive armor tiles, possibly a Czech version of the Cold War-era Kontakt-5 system.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 Nov. 2022
• Trauma is not just reactive but can also be proactive, filled with portents and mined with dread.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 5 Jan. 2022
• In fact, the leads tend to be primarily reactive throughout.
  — Steven Oxman, Variety, 18 Nov. 2021
• Transition from a reactive, short-term stance to a long-term, more resilient posture.
  — Steve Flagg, Forbes, 21 June 2022
• The world around me affects me on a sensory level to be more spontaneous and reactive.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2024
• Women tend to have more reactive bodies, as do younger people.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2022
• Research shows that a lack of sleep triggers the reactive and negative emotional centers of the brain.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 11 Dec. 2022
• But our response has been largely reactive, always a few steps behind and a few dollars short.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Jan. 2024
• Cosmetic chemist Ginger King agrees that even those who have reactive skin can safely use this wash.
  — Taylore Glynn, Allure, 31 Aug. 2022
• There are three lighting modes: steady, color phasing or a reactive mode that responds to music.
  — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 18 Nov. 2022
• Plus, a longer interval between shots helps the immune system mount a stronger, more cross-reactive defense.
  — Lauran Neergaard and Matthew Perrone, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022
• There’s always that fine line between being reactive to trends versus being the platform that is making the trends.
  — J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2022
• There’s an important set of issues to teach and to understand rather than just being reactive.
  — David Marchese, New York Times, 1 May 2022
• That said, Ecowas has also come under fire for taking a reactive approach to democracy and the rule of law in its region, one that may need to change in order to check the wave of coups.
  — Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 26 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024