REACT in a Sentence

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33 example sentences for REACT, such as:

1. Our eye react s to light.
2. Yet they had reacted differently to them.
3. An acid can react with a base to form a salt.
4. We still think alike but we react differently.
5. Iron reacts with water and air to produce rust.

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 Meanings and Examples of REACT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
react
 v.  act against or in opposition to; show a response or a reaction
Classic Sentence:
1  We still think alike but we react differently.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
2  But, aside from this, she was keenly conscious of the way in which such an estrangement would react on herself.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 12
3  And this is an abuse of great gravity in itself, and one that reacts injuriously on the government service.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 17
4  Scarlett was not the only member of the household who reacted strangely and unwillingly to his presence, for he kept Aunt Pitty in a flutter and a ferment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
5  Yet they had reacted differently to them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
6  A sort of chronic remorse went with him everywhere, although not strong enough to make any decided change in his course; and this very remorse reacted again into indulgence.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
7  This industry had always vegetated, on account of the high price of the raw material, which reacted on the manufacture.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I—THE HISTORY OF A PROGRESS IN BLACK GLASS TRINKE...
Example Sentence: (26 in 2 pages)
1  The police must be able to react swiftly in an emergency.
2  By gravitation the sun and planets act and react upon one another.
3  An acid can react with a base to form a salt.
4  How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
5  Americans would probably react differently to the war if it was in their own back yard.
6  Our eye react s to light.
7  I'm not sure how he's going to react to the news.
8  Someone allergic to milk is likely to react to cheese.
9  Never use aluminium as poisonous seepage will react with the plant alkaloids and its vitamin content, thus damaging the therapeutic properties.
10  Jack's uncharacteristic rudeness might nonplus Jill, leaving her uncertain how to react.
11  They react negatively to everything I say, because they don't trust me.
12  Stock prices plummet as Wall Street reacts to the crisis in the economy.
13  Having a hangover is awful and it all depends on who is drinking, what they are drinking, and how their body reacts to that type of alcohol.
14  Anthony reacts as he has Tony down on the mat in their lightweight bout during the UFC 229 event.
15  Iron reacts with water and air to produce rust.