How to Use respond in a Sentence

respond

1 of 2 verb

• The teacher asked a question, but the student didn't respond.
• Police quickly responded to the call for help.
• My mother responded to my request with a firm no.
• She hasn't yet responded to my letter.
• When I asked him what he was doing, he responded that it was none of my business.
• She responded to their decision by threatening to quit.
• The electrodes measure whether the brain is responding to the sounds.
  — WIRED, 20 Oct. 2023
• The Kings responded with a 9-0 run to push the lead back to 11, but the Thunder came back to cut the deficit to three at the end of the third quarter.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 10 Apr. 2024
• The Coast Guard is responding to people who were forced to go into the ocean due to the flames.
  — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2023
• OceanGate did not respond to the claims in court and could not be reached for comment.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 23 June 2023
• The Dodgers did not respond to questions from The Times for this article.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2024
• The Epoch Times did not respond to Rolling Stone’s request for comment.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2023
• Now, at best, the US is scrambling to respond to events largely out of its control.
  — Ben Wedeman, CNN, 20 Oct. 2023
• Ashland Police Department was the first to respond to the scene.
  — Brielle Bredsten, Twin Cities, 29 Jan. 2024
• Thomas and Crow didn’t respond to questions for this story.
  — Justin Elliott, ProPublica, 18 Dec. 2023
• Judge Tim O’Hare did not respond to a request for comment.
  — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2024
• According to the memo, the third deputy — Robledo — did not respond.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2023
• His campaign did not respond to The Times’ requests for comment.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
• Tesla and Elon Musk did not respond to a request for comment.
  — Faiz Siddiqui, Jeremy B. Merrill, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2023
• Trump responded to the special counsel's request of the court on Truth Social.
  — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
• Hanson, who lost the election, didn’t respond to a call or email seeking comment.
  — Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
• Meta did not respond to questions from CNN about how the algorithm that runs its ad system is trained.
  — Clare Duffy and Carlotta Dotto, CNN, 12 June 2023
• Congress can respond by passing laws to strengthen the Voting Rights Act.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 12 June 2023
• Streisand’s team did not respond to requests for comment for this story.
  — Julia Carmel, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• Ryanair and Barclays did not respond to requests for comment.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
• Never and the Dodgers did not respond to The Times’ request for comment regarding this story.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• The Thai Embassy in Washington did not respond to a request for comment.
  — Aaron Schaffer, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
• Candidates will have one minute to respond to a question and 30 seconds for follow-ups.
  — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2023
• Trump's lawyers have until Wednesday to respond to Smith's request.
  — Tobi Raji and Maegan Vazquez The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 19 Dec. 2023
• Emergency crews responded to a call of a person in cardiac arrest, the sources said.
  — John Santucci, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2023

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respond

2 of 2 noun

• How the Fever respond could be the breaking point of the season.
  — J.l. Kirven, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2021
• How will the Fed respond to the tantrum in bond markets?
  — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2021
• And how will the Browns respond for Thursday night’s game vs. the Steelers?
  — cleveland, 18 Sep. 2022
• Lussier was pleased to see the Empire respond to Porter’s rally speech.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 12 June 2021
• How ocean life at the North and South poles respond will be different than species in the tropics.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2022
• How the Longhorns respond will show whether they’re truly primed for the program’s deepest run in over a decade.
  — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 1 Jan. 2021
• The big question now is… How will the cannabis industry respond?
  — Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 8 June 2022
• The ability to play with a lead and respond when push comes to shove is a promising sign for the Musketeers.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 20 Nov. 2021
• But how will Cincinnati’s offense respond coming out of the bye?
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2022
• Nor did the department respond to Van Duyne's claim of alleged stonewalling.
  — Sam Dorman, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2021
• Perturbed by the change, bastions of the legacy culture respond.
  — Chris White, Forbes, 17 May 2021
• Black boys and students of color respond to people who look like them, the research showed.
  — James E. Causey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2021
• But how should a brand respond to this seismic shift that is impacting mental health across the board?
  — Drew Train, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• In this case, the odds that the relevant party will change its ways or respond are minimal.
  — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 20 Dec. 2022
• How will the Big Three respond as her condition worsens?
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 4 Jan. 2022
• All four applicants were given a chance to make their pitch last week and respond to questions.
  — Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com, 20 Oct. 2021
• So how will Jimmy Butler and Co. respond with the series tied and shifting to Boston?
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2022
• The suit was ultimately settled, but did the BSO respond to that claim too slowly?
  — Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2021
• That version was marketed as a way for civilians to take the law into their own hands and respond to crime in progress, rather than avoid it.
  — NBC News, 2 June 2021
• Many even have the ability to empty their own dustbins and respond to voice commands.
  — Camryn Rabideau, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
• How should a hospital respond if it is hit by a ransomware attack?
  — Melanie Evans, WSJ, 10 June 2021
• Whenever Trump tweeted, friends and foes alike raced to retweet, quote tweet, like, respond and ratio.
  — Owen Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 9 Jan. 2021
• So this is a pretty compelling time to watch the show respond, often in real time, to a ton of uncertainty.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2020
• Servers seem to have memorized the makeup of every dish and respond to design questions with ease.
  — Washington Post, 18 May 2022
• Every year, officers and deputies across the county respond to tens of thousands of mental health calls.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2021
• Hertzberg, who voted yes on Tuesday, did not answer the phone or respond to messages Thursday.
  — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 10 Dec. 2021
• In a recent study, researchers used MRI scanning to observe how the brains of kids between 7 and 16 respond to female voices.
  — Stephanie H. Murray, The Week, 3 May 2022
• The committee asked that Live Nation respond to its questions in writing by Jan. 7.
  — Anne Steele, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2021
• And even in people with compromised immune systems, a fair number respond to a third dose.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2021
• That work has produced Know the Signs, a range of programs that train students and educators to identify, report and respond to behaviors that suggest someone might harm themselves or others.
  — Will Simon, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024