RESPOND in a Sentence

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For RESPOND, below is one of 216 sentences:
At first she did not respond; but gradually she became more and more uneasy in her sleep, moaning and sighing occasionally.

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 Meanings and Examples of RESPOND
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
respond
 v.  show a reaction to something favorably or as hoped
Classic Sentence: (107 in 8 pages)
1  I resented it, because it seemed to imply that he expected me to respond to it.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIX
2  Peggotty was not slow to respond, and ratify the treaty of friendship by giving me one of her best hugs.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8. MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE HAPPY AFTERNOON
3  I was troubled with no misgiving that it was young in me to respond to her emotions.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21. LITTLE EM'LY
4  Mr. jorkins is not a man to respond to a proposition of this peculiar nature.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35. DEPRESSION
5  The victim, from my cradle, of pecuniary liabilities to which I have been unable to respond, I have ever been the sport and toy of debasing circumstances.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 52. I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION
6  The hand did not respond to her pressure, but the face of Mademoiselle Varenka glowed with a soft, glad, though rather mournful smile, that showed large but handsome teeth.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 31
7  If the Hales were sorry for him they would surely respond to his appeal.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
8  She knew only that if she did or said thus-and-so, men would unerringly respond with the complementary thus-and-so.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
9  They all waved and called to her as they went by and she tried to respond with a good grace, but it was difficult.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
10  The exhausted horse did not respond to the whip or reins but shambled on, dragging his feet, stumbling on small rocks and swaying as if ready to fall to his knees.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
11  They will respond to your fresher interest.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
12  To this Teta Elzbieta hastened to respond that nothing could be too cheap to suit them just then; for they were quite terrified over the sums they had had to expend.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
13  He could respond to no earthly or human appeal, dumb and insensible to the call of summer and gladness and companionship, wearied and dejected by his father's voice.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
14  At first she did not respond; but gradually she became more and more uneasy in her sleep, moaning and sighing occasionally.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
15  Even he was sensible of the decorous atmosphere and even he began to respond to the religious stimulus.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In GRACE
Example Sentence: (109 in 8 pages)
16  I am pondering how to respond.
17  The world community has been slow to respond to the crisis.
18  We need someone who can anticipate and respond to changes in the fashion industry.
19  The plants readily respond to these stimuli.
20  Terry was, as usual, slow to respond.
21  It was difficult to gauge how people would respond.
22  Nora didn't respond to my attempts to lighten the conversation.
23  This modest group size allows our teachers to respond to the needs of each student.
24  The tanker failed to respond to a command to stop.
25  Staff respond well to her unbuttoned form of management.
26  The cabinet met today to discuss how to respond to the ultimatum.
27  The infection did not respond to the drugs.
28  I offered him a drink but he did not respond.
29  The future of the company will depend crucially on how consumers respond.
30  It is hoped that the industry will respond positively to this new initiative.