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Example sentences for "reception"

Lexicographically close words:
recept; recepta; receptacle; receptacles; receptaculum; receptionist; receptions; receptive; receptiveness; receptivity
  1. Mr. Saltus' usual method of assuring Toto's reception was an amusing one.

  2. Some of them seemed very dissatisfied with the reception which they had received, and we don't wonder.

  3. About the time Mark was finishing his lecture in Gold Hill the robbers all went up on the Divide to wait, but Mark's audience gave him a kind of reception after his lecture, and we nearly froze to death up there before he came along.

  4. Your letters for the Alta and the Tribune will get the widest reception of any letters of travel ever written.

  5. He was at an evening reception in the home of one of its members when he noticed a photograph of the unfinished building framed and hanging on the wall.

  6. All this time Mr. Balfour is standing at my elbow as I write, bareheaded, acknowledging the finest reception ever accorded to any man in Ireland, not excepting Dan O'Connell and Parnell.

  7. Had he not tasted blood in the success of the 'Minstrelsy,' and the magnificent reception given to the verse romances, matters might have been different.

  8. That same summer the place was besieged by visitors from the South, who, after witnessing the King's reception at Edinburgh, hastened out to see Abbotsford.

  9. But those things that are done in the exorcism remove the twofold impediment against the reception of saving grace.

  10. Then follows the reception of the sacrament, the priest receiving first, and afterwards giving it to others, because, as Dionysius says (Eccl.

  11. Therefore when an adult approaches Baptism, he does indeed receive the forgiveness of all his sins through his purpose of being baptized, but more perfectly through the actual reception of Baptism.

  12. Accordingly, before actual reception of this sacrament, a man can obtain salvation through the desire of receiving it, just as he can before Baptism through the desire of Baptism, as stated above (Q.

  13. I neither praise nor blame daily reception of the Eucharist.

  14. Goethe (in the Dichtung und Wahrheit) describes the reception of Marie Antoinette at Strasbourg, where she passed the frontier to enter her new kingdom.

  15. Fully believing that no obstacle now interposed in the way of success, Arnold prepared for the reception of Rodney's flotilla with a strong force under Clinton.

  16. So with this chilling reception of course his lordship soon walked himself off, and then Mr. Hildyard spoke to Frances.

  17. Captain Mason promptly led forward a body of chosen men, who gave the savages so warm a reception as to check their advance and cause them to recoil.

  18. It explains the reception which the Pilgrims first encountered.

  19. Yet, if a poem have genius, it will force its own reception in the world; for there is a sweetness in good verse, which tickles even while it hurts; and no man can be heartily angry with him who pleases him against his will.

  20. Every day seemed to be growing fuller and richer than its predecessors; every day Lois and Madge were more eager in the search after knowledge, and more ready for the reception of it.

  21. The reception he got was hearty in proportion; fires were larger, the table even more hospitably spread; Mrs. Barclay even more cordial, and the family atmosphere not less genial.

  22. My very text protests against the modern attempt to wrench away the sentiments and emotions produced in men, by the reception of Christian truth, from the truth which it recognises as the only basis on which they can be produced.

  23. He 'rests in His love, and rejoices over us with singing' when we open our hearts to the reception of His light, and learn to know Him as He has declared Himself in His Christ.

  24. And your faith can be worth nothing unless it have, bedded deep in it, that trembling distrust of your own power which is the pre-requisite and the companion of all thankful and faithful reception of God's infinite mercy.

  25. It is but too sad a symbol of the reception which Christ's offers meet amongst men, and--blessed be His name!

  26. The redemption of them that were under law is presented as the reason for His being born under law, and our reception of the 'adoption of sons' is the purpose of the Son's being sent and born of a woman.

  27. But if it is true that the godliness of my text is the last outcome of the emotions which spring from the reception of certain truths, then if we work backwards, as it were, we shall get the best way of producing the godliness.

  28. The first words of our text tell us that 'Ye have received Christ Jesus as Lord,' and all depends on keeping the channels of communication open so that the reception may be continuous and progressive.

  29. The cardinals, whether from prudence, jealousy, or other motives, were cool in their reception of Becket.

  30. The king, when Becket met him on his landing at Southampton, did not attempt to conceal his dissatisfaction; his reception of his old friend was cold.

  31. Becket's messengers, before the reception of Henry's ambassadors by Pope Alexander, had been admitted to a private interview.

  32. Well therefore might Bunyan call upon his readers to mark her gracious reception by Christ.

  33. Those chambers which were for the reception of the treasures and dedicated things were types of Christ, as he is the common store-house of believers.

  34. Not that repentance is a cause of remission, but a sign of our hearty reception thereof.

  35. It is a fine ornament to a true church to have a large church-porch, or a wide bosom, for reception of all that come thither to worship.

  36. Wherefore, let it please thee to accept of our palace for thy place of residence, and of the houses of the best men in our town for the reception of thy soldiers, and their furniture.

  37. The promise of reception is only to him that cometh.

  38. So then, so far as they go beyond thee, so far they will find thee unprovided, and so not fortified for a reception of their onset with that Christian gallantry which becomes thee.

  39. Wherefore [there is] all the reason of the world, that in the reception of it thy heart and soul should run out and flow after him in thanksgiving.

  40. The series is designed to commemorate events in his own career, during the states of existence through which he passed preparatory to his reception of the Buddhahood.

  41. Kelaart has given descriptions of fifteen species of planaria, and four of a new genus, instituted by him for the reception of those differing from the normal kinds by some peculiarities which they exhibit in common.

  42. They are encouraged in their vagabond life by the miserable hospitality they meet with in every cottage, whose inhabitants expect the same kind reception in their turn when they become beggars themselves.

  43. Besides the smallpox hospital at Islington, the charity had, in 1750, a neighbouring house in Frog Lane, for the reception of patients after they had been inoculated in the Old Street house.

  44. The favourable reception of his project seems to have been determined more upon that point than upon any other.

  45. And wise indeed must he be who can find out any laws respecting the reception and expulsion of diseases superior on the whole to those which are original.

  46. He went slowly about the corridors, through the writing rooms, smoking rooms, reception rooms, as though he were exploring the chambers of an enchanted palace, built and peopled for him alone.

  47. It was very much as though this were a great reception and Paul were the host.

  48. But if they were social and happy outside the house, what was the warmth and cordiality of their reception when they reached the farm!

  49. He had raised his fork to his lips, and was on the very point of opening his mouth for the reception of a piece of beef, when the hum of many voices suddenly arose in the kitchen.

  50. The preparations for the reception of visitors appeared to be completed.

  51. Every village had its "large house," kept in good order, and well spread with mats for the reception of strangers.

  52. They have one large house, as a common rendezvous, and for the reception of visitors, and four or five other houses, all near each other.

  53. His reception in France not answering his expectation, Thomond thought it prudent to report himself to the English ambassador, representing himself as a loyal subject driven mad by Fitton's harshness.

  54. For Shane's reception at Court, see Machyn's Diary, Jan.

  55. For the sake of reception and union the Lord wills that whatever a man does freely according to reason shall seem to him to be his; this agrees with reason itself.

  56. It was also shown in the treatises mentioned that heaven is not heaven from anything belonging to the angels but from their reception of divine love and wisdom from the Lord.

  57. Therefore distance is an appearance according to conjunction with Him, and the conjunction is according to the reception of love and wisdom from Him.

  58. Men as well as angels are in the Lord and the Lord in them according to their conjunction with Him, or, what is the same, according to their reception of love and wisdom from Him.

  59. Each of them has a place allotted to him in the Lord, thus in heaven, according to the nature of the conjunction or the reception of Him.

  60. The light and heat are not the cause of the different reception of them by one and another.

  61. Sir Hugh was, in truth, responsible for her reception in England.

  62. Lady Ongar had been sufficiently dressed to receive any visitor, but had felt that some special preparation was necessary for the reception of the one who had now come to her.

  63. Had he not given an earnest of his good faith in his reception of his visitor?

  64. His information had been limited to bidding her come prepared for the reception to be given at the White House at the reassembling of Congress.

  65. At the close of the fortnight of her stay in Washington subsequent to the reception at the White House, Selma found herself in the same frame of mind as when she parted from Mr. Elton.

  66. Flossy's festive manner had disappeared before the tart reception of her confidences, and her keen wits, baffled in their search for flattery, recalled the suspicions which were only slumbering.

  67. Selma was capricious in her reception of these reports of progress.

  68. Of course the President is a dear, and everyone makes a point of attending a public reception once in a while, but this sort of thing isn't exactly an edifying society event.

  69. On the following evening Selma went to the reception at the White House.

  70. But she liked them all, and she was most benignant in her reception of the several newspaper scribes, principally of her own sex, who sought an interview for the sake of copy.

  71. On the 22d of February, Washington's birthday, she held a reception at their house on River Drive, for which cards had been issued a fortnight previous.

  72. The incidents of the next two days previous to her attendance at the evening reception at the White House restored Selma's equanimity.

  73. The Benham Institute had been prompt to acknowledge her presence by giving a reception in her honor, at which she was able to recite once more, "Oh, why should the Spirit of Mortal be proud?

  74. Frontenac's arrival was then signalized by a civic reception and a Te Deum.

  75. This messenger after being blindfolded was led to the Chateau and brought before the governor, who had staged for his reception one of the impressive spectacles he loved to prepare.

  76. I acknowledge, that, in the present order of things, virtue is attended with more peace of mind than vice, and meets with a more favourable reception from the world.


  77. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "reception" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    acceptance; acceptation; access; acquiescence; acquisition; admissibility; admission; affair; assembly; assignation; assimilation; assumption; assurance; ball; blaring; blasting; brawl; caucus; certainty; colloquium; commission; committee; comprehension; conclave; concourse; confidence; convention; convocation; council; crawling; credence; credit; creeping; dance; date; dependence; derivation; diet; drift; eligibility; embodiment; embrace; entrance; entree; entry; evening; fading; faith; festivity; fete; forum; function; gathering; greeting; hope; housewarming; hug; import; income; incoming; incorporation; infiltration; input; insertion; insinuation; intake; interference; introduction; intrusion; leakage; levee; meet; meeting; membership; noise; openness; panel; participation; party; penetration; percolation; plenum; possession; quorum; rally; receipt; reception; refuge; reliance; rendezvous; reunion; salon; seance; seepage; session; sitting; social; soiree; static; stock; store; sureness; surety; symposium; synod; taking; theft; tolerance; trust; turnout; wake; welcome; whole


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    reception given; reception room