respond

[rɪˈspɑːnd]

Definition:
1. Show a response or a reaction to something.
2. Reply or respond to.
3. Respond favorably or as hoped.

Use 'respond' in a sentence:

• 1. You type things in, and it responds.
• 2. Even very young premature babies respond to their mother's presence.
• 3. Some children respond more demonstratively than others.
• 4. The car responds very well to the controls.
• 5. They really respond well.
• 6. How did they respond to the news?
• 7. So far the police have refused to respond to their provocations.
• 8. They are likely to respond positively to the President's request for aid.
• 9. Like any other public servants, police must respond to public demand.
• 10. In contrast, they might only respond to a girl's comments with a nod.
• 11. The animals were conditioned to respond to auditory stimuli.
• 12. Job candidates can respond freely due to its open-ended nature.
• 13. The infection did not respond to the drugs.
• 14. Once or twice I heard her muttering, but when I said, "Sorry? What did you say?" she didn't respond.
• 15. The directors were unwilling to respond to questions.
• 16. He will respond to that.
• 17. The world community has been slow to respond to the crisis.
• 18. I asked him his name, but he didn't respond.
• 19. She never responded to my letter.
• 20. How do the different skill levels respond to a model like this?
• 21. In that case, how should I respond?
• 22. It is not yet clear how advertisers will respond.
• 23. Either way, we have choices about how we respond to it when it comes.
• 24. In wet periods, the land may be able to respond to these stresses.
• 25. Why they respond to advertising as they do?
• 26. Photoreceptors are cells that respond to light by sending out a chemical signal.
• 27. These plants just automatically respond to light in certain ways.
• 28. The government has been accused of not responding appropriately to the needs of the homeless.
• 29. Our brains respond better to difficulty than we imagine.
• 30. Grandly, however, did Tootles respond.
• 31. We must respond to well-founded criticism with a willingness to change.
• 32. The government responded by banning all future demonstrations.
• 33. This modest group size allows our teachers to respond to the needs of each student.
• 34. You can rely on him to respond to a challenge.
• 35. Democratic leaders under election pressure tend to respond with vague promises of action.
• 36. Teenagers might respond to their parents' rejection of their puppy love with resistance.
• 37. She is responding well to treatment.
• 38. 'I'm not sure,' she responded.
• 39. She responded in like manner.
• 40. The best way to respond to a flame is to ignore it.
• 41. Wall Street responded quickly to the news.
• 42. Eric could only respond in broken English.
• 43. When asked about the company's future, the director responded that he remained optimistic.
• 44. We need someone who can anticipate and respond to changes in the fashion industry.
• 45. Staff respond well to her unbuttoned style of management.
• 46. The public have responded magnificently to our appeal.
• 47. The patient has responded to the treatment rather better than expected.
• 48. The heart responds well to energetic exercise.