receptive
Example Sentences
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Receptive, damaged, contemplative, the character is perfectly suited to Linney’s talent for nuance – for splintered emotion.
From The Guardian • May 27, 2018
Receptive public markets and cash-rich corporate buyers are helping restore numerous exit options for firms that were largely reliant on selling to rivals last year.
From Reuters • May 27, 2011
Receptive to the same mode of thought, the flow of conversation was easy and unhindered.
From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Isaacson, Lauren Ann
"Receptive," cried Jack, who was quite a scholar.
From A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)
Receptive and interested to-day, he was cold and bitter to-morrow.
From The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad by Hungerford, Edward
Vocabulary lists containing receptive
Of Mice and Men
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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 4
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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