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
• Tom Hanks, who also starred in Elvis, was one of the first in the cast to react to the news of her death.
  — Austin Butler, P!nk, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2023
• 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
• Then in 2008, the West did not react to Russia’s war in Georgia.
  — Stephan Kieninger / Made By History, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
• 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
• Fans reacted to the news with glee, declaring that Durk is one of the realest rappers out right now.
  — Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 30 Oct. 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
• So, how did James react to Matt's most recent call out on Twitter?
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 12 Jan. 2023
• 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
• Know when to act fast and react, and when consideration will pay off over the long-term.
  — Katy Wigdahl, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• How did Jordan Chiles’ teammates react to her losing the bronze medal?
  — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 12 Aug. 2024
• The original blockchain, which received the name Ethereum Classic, did not react to the hack in any way because the course of events in the blockchain must never change.
  — David Balaban, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
• 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
• How is Severide reacting to that news that Damon dropped on him?
  — Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 24 Sep. 2024
• In fact, no one seemed to react (except me, inwardly!).
  — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2023
• Reynolds did not visibly react as the judge read the jury's verdict.
  — Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024