How to Use react in a Sentence

react

verb

• I didn't expect him to react that way.
• He reacted badly to the drug.
• The firefighters reacted quickly when they heard the alarm.
• When I told her what happened, she reacted with anger.
• That’s good news as that is the index to which the Fed reacts.
  — Robert Barone, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
• As to how a team should react to a game like this, James didn’t have answers.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith was one of the first to react.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 10 Apr. 2023
• Once applied, the ink reacts with the proteins and keratin in the skin, and darkens over 24-36 hours.
  — Anna Tingley, Variety, 24 Oct. 2023
• Watch this video to see how to react to an iMessage with an emoji.
  — Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
• Why do our brains react so strongly to the combination of the two?
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2023
• Fans near the front of the stage appeared befuddled and unsure how to react.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2024
• Before Gray could react, the ball caught him on or just below the elbow.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2023
• Get your thinking done before the shot, and then shut off your conscious mind and react.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 21 Mar. 2024
• However, the broader markets will react to the quantum of the rate cut.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
• On a recent day, more people than not reacted with shock and horror at the stand.
  — Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
• Pausini reacted to all this with laughter and tears, making hearts with her hands and even standing up to hug the singers on the edge of the stage.
  — Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 16 Nov. 2023
• The screens showed an empty school hallway and a campus library as two men stood ready to react.
  — Sonia Rao, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2023
• How did Jordan Chiles’ teammates react to her losing the bronze medal?
  — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 12 Aug. 2024
• No one, not even your baby themself, knows how a child will react to being on an airplane for the first time.
  — Noah Kaufman, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2024
• Irizarry did not have time to react to the officer’s commands before he was shot, the lawsuit says.
  — Danny Freeman, CNN, 28 Sep. 2023
• How did the Teamsters, Glacier Northwest react to the decision?
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 1 June 2023
• In fact, no one seemed to react (except me, inwardly!).
  — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2023
• Use it a few times per week to see how your skin reacts before using it on a nightly basis.
  — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 31 Mar. 2023
• Viewers reacted with shock in the live chat as the stream captured the pair’s subsequent arrest.
  — Olivia Balsamo, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2023
• When a foreign object is placed in the body, the body reacts by forming an envelope of tissue around it.
  — Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 26 June 2023
• Haverhill first-year head coach Rob Pike reacts to a bold call to go for a fake punt early in the game that yielded a first down and sparked a 27-point flurry in the first half.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
• The new research suggests that the way the body reacts to the bacteria — not the bug itself — could result in long-lasting symptoms.
  — Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 14 May 2023
• There was a close call when a truck stopped in front of her — and Ms. Amini did not immediately react.
  — Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
• Olga Tsvyk, center, and Nadia Ford, right, react to the guilty verdict.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 3 June 2023
• When Carrie’s first period arrives in the school showers, her classmates react with all the empathy of a piranha feeding frenzy.
  — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Sep 2024