react

In a sentence

Six example sentences with react, each labelled with its topic.

• Good players react to the sound of footsteps before anything appears, turning toward the doorway a half second early.

  Gaming

• Nobody could predict how voters would react to the new tax, so the party tested the message in three towns.

  Politics

• She watches the front row to see how they react before deciding whether the quiet song comes next.

  Music

• The defender reacted a step late to the pump fake and was already in the air when the shooter stepped through.

  Basketball

• Markets reacted to the jobs report within seconds, and bond prices had moved before most traders finished reading it.

  Finance

• Toddlers react to a stranger's frown by checking their parent's face first, a habit researchers call social referencing.

  Psychology

Found in these word lists

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More Academic words

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• ensure
• elements
• locate
• potential
• secure
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