receptive

Example Sentences

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"He seemed quite receptive," she says, claiming Priestley assured her the deposit would be returned.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

He tried to find a receptive audience for the name.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

“Amidst the rhetoric it’s unclear how receptive Iran is to negotiating at this early stage, with one spokesman for Iran’s military saying that the U.S. was ‘negotiating with itself,’” notes Vertical Research Partners’ Robert Stallard.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Studies show younger children are particularly receptive to messages from figures of authority.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

For all we knew, he could have been a small Inuit woman living in Anchorage, Alaska, who had adopted this appearance and voice to make her students more receptive to her lessons.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline