How to Use receptive in a Sentence

receptive

adjective
Definition of receptivenext
Synonyms for receptivenext
  • I was happy to be speaking before such a receptive audience.
  • Mehta was not receptive to the request to wait for the Supreme Court.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The righty was receptive and had seen what the Yankees had done for Clay Holmes’ career.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 June 2024
  • But many city leaders from across the state have been more receptive.
    — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2022
  • There’s no need to be concerned if your cat isn’t receptive to CBD oil right away.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Clients and their families have been receptive to the changes.
    — Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 7 May 2024
  • What could have made the other person be more receptive to your point of view?
    — Neha Sangwan, Fortune Well, 26 Sep. 2023
  • More to the point, all of this may be finding a receptive audience among Trump's base.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Every day, a few more does become receptive and that brings a frenzy to the bucks.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 2 Nov. 2023
  • As with so many young adult novels, the kids outsmart the adults by being receptive to new ideas.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 21 May 2022
  • Some were receptive, noting the pair’s high ranks within the chain of command.
    — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 18 May 2022
  • Not everyone in the program was receptive to this point of view.
    — New York Times, 14 June 2022
  • And the crowd has been so receptive and beautiful and diverse.
    — Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
  • Back at Tika, Yam Yam is trying to make amends with Josh, who doesn’t seem to be very receptive.
    — Erica Thompson, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The war in Ukraine and the threat of a blackout in Tokyo after a strong earthquake this spring have made the public more receptive to this message.
    — New York Times, 4 May 2022
  • Mugler has always been a brand that’s been super receptive to me as a stylist.
    — Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 3 July 2024
  • Bet on the good-hearted lovers, friends, and jobs that arrive at your doorstep and try to put in the type of effort that others will be receptive to.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2023
  • Bet on the good-hearted lovers, friends, and jobs that arrive at your doorstep, and try to put in the type of effort that others will be receptive to.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Try asking how the person learned about the theory and be receptive to the answers.
    — Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
  • How receptive have the streamers been to changing how deals are structured?
    — Wendy Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • If the subject was receptive, their answers made great TV.
    — Vulture, 3 Jan. 2023
  • But some are receptive to giving parents a say in what happens to the blood after the screening.
    — Michelle Andrews, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2022
  • This forces me to be rather receptive to whatever the drawing decides to be.
    — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
  • My daughter and the other kids in our tests were surprisingly receptive to the flavors of the blends.
    — Stefani Sassos, Good Housekeeping, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The students are more receptive to the instruction while building in the tech center garage.
    — Kristen Griffith, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The couple were surprised at how many people opened their doors and were receptive.
    — Deepa Bharath, ajc, 2 Sep. 2022
  • For the most part, Zelenskyy has found a receptive audience in the west.
    — Byguy Davies, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2022
  • On the other hand, A-list musicians—not to mention their labels and lawyers—might be less receptive to the idea.
    — Bysteve Mollman, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The minister was receptive, per sources privy to the conversation, while echoing a sentiment shared by her boss, French President Emmanuel Macron.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Google, Microsoft and Nvidia are among the tech companies that are bringing artificial intelligence expertise to India, which Modi’s government has been receptive to.
    — Seema Mody, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024

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