RECEPTIVE in a Sentence

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154 example sentences for RECEPTIVE, such as:
1. Please wait for me downstairs in reception.
2. The magnificent reception room was crowded.
3. The young lady at reception sent me up here.
4. Anna Pavlovna's reception was in full swing.
5. Have him bring a car round to the reception.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of RECEPTIVE
receptive
 a.  quick or willing to receive ideas, suggestions; capable of receiving
Classic Sentence: (122 in 9 pages)
1  She questioned him intelligently, she heard him submissively; and, prepared for the look of lassitude which usually crept over his listeners' faces, he grew eloquent under her receptive gaze.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 2
2  In Natasha's receptive condition of soul this prayer affected her strongly.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER XVIII
3  Yes, the appointment of a new Governor-General, coupled with the rumours described and the reception of the two serious documents above-mentioned, had left manifest traces upon the features of every one present.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER X
4  It was clear that order reigned supreme in the house; everything was clean, everywhere there was a peculiar delicate fragrance, just as there is in the reception rooms of ministers.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
5  I admit with all my heart that I have never got such a good reception anywhere.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT IV
6  With these words she greeted Prince Vasili Kuragin, a man of high rank and importance, who was the first to arrive at her reception.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I
7  Pierre had been educated abroad, and this reception at Anna Pavlovna's was the first he had attended in Russia.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II
8  Anna Pavlovna's reception was in full swing.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III
9  It was, in fact, solely to meet Prince Vasili that she had obtained an invitation to Anna Pavlovna's reception and had sat listening to the vicomte's story.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV
10  The magnificent reception room was crowded.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXI
11  From the passage they went into a large, dimly lit room adjoining the count's reception room.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXII
12  They went into the reception room familiar to Pierre, with two Italian windows opening into the conservatory, with its large bust and full length portrait of Catherine the Great.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXII
13  There was now no one in the reception room except Prince Vasili and the eldest princess, who were sitting under the portrait of Catherine the Great and talking eagerly.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXIV
14  He looked inquiringly at his monitress and saw that she was again going on tiptoe to the reception room where they had left Prince Vasili and the eldest princess.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXIV
15  The members of the household were all gathered in the reception hall: Michael Ivanovich, Mademoiselle Bourienne, Princess Mary, and the little princess.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXVIII
Example Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
1  Their minds remain receptive to the message of capitalism; and to consume goods and services in abundance.
2  When you arrive, go to reception and ask for George.
3  The speaker got a very hostile reception from the audience.
4  Please wait for me downstairs in reception.
5  Have him bring a car round to the reception.
6  There's a closed-circuit television camera in the reception area.
7  He had gone to the reception desk, presumably to check out.
8  The mayor presented him with a gold medal at an official city reception.
9  Southampton fans gave their former coach a hostile reception.
10  Adjust the aerial's position and direction for the best reception.
11  In a gesture of friendship, the president invited his former enemies to a reception.
12  The young lady at reception sent me up here.
13  They squashed into an undersized reception room.
14  The group leader came up to the reception desk looking anxious.
15  The reception desk is not at street level, which is a little disconcerting.