Definition: 1. A response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude. 2. A bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent. 3. (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others. 4. An idea evoked by some experience.
Use 'reaction' in a sentence:
1. I think the reaction has been a little overheated.
2. He was a little bit afraid of his father's reaction.
3. Lofton's reaction infuriated players in the Cardinals' dugout.
4. He was disheartened by their hostile reaction.
5. She told him that her first reaction was disgust.
6. Their reaction dismayed him.
7. My reaction was automatic.
8. We were rather taken aback by her hostile reaction.
9. It was a knee-jerk reaction on her part.
10. Let's have your gut reaction to the facts as we know them.
11. His election success has provoked a shocked reaction.
12. What was his reaction to the news?
13. This reaction has been reported anecdotally by a number of patients.
14. The forces of reaction made change difficult.
15. His reaction was one of bafflement.
16. I won't tell you his reaction ─ I'll leave that to your imagination.
17. My general reaction to this news might be summed up as "ho-hum."
18. It's an instinctive reaction – if a child falls you pick it up.
19. It was impossible to make assumptions about people's reactions.
20. My instinctive reaction was to deny everything.
21. The decision provoked an angry reaction from local residents.
22. He proposed a model of stress reaction in the body.
23. His reaction struck me as odd.
24. There was a violent reaction from the public.
25. There has been a very mixed reaction to the decision.
26. Reaction to the visit is mixed.
27. There has been a mixed reaction to her appointment as director.
28. It set off a chain reaction in the international money markets.
29. People's reaction to the film has varied greatly.
30. My immediate reaction was one of shock.
31. The photochemical reactions transform the light into electrical impulses.
32. A spokesman said the changes were not in reaction to the company's recent losses.
33. All new fashion starts out as a reaction against existing convention.
34. She's suffering a delayed reaction to the shock.
35. Intense heat is released in the reaction.
36. I tried shaking him but there was no reaction.
37. Dairy products may provoke allergic reactions in some people.
38. What is the City's reaction to the cut in interest rates?
39. I can just imagine his reaction.
40. The return to traditional family values is a reaction against the permissiveness of recent decades.
41. They interviewed employees to gauge their reaction to the changes.
42. My initial reaction was to decline the offer.
43. The initial reaction has been excellent.
44. Nuts can trigger off a violent allergic reaction.
