How to Use reactivity in a Sentence

reactivity

noun
  • This ad-hoc approach can lead to over-reactivity, too.
    — Leila Saad, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Dogs bred for alertness or reactivity may be more attuned to sound, though this isn’t a hard-and-fast rule.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The above is just a brief description on how to work with your dog’s reactivity to other dogs.
    — Tasha Suda, The Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2019
  • But take it easy with the kneejerk reactivity, since lunar eclipses can throw emotions all over the map.
    — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 1 Sep. 2023
  • But leaders can either amplify the stress or tamp it down based on their own levels of reactivity.
    — Shani Harmon, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Sleep reactivity refers to how much stress interrupts a person's sleep.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Cross-reactivity was seen, but not the kind that helped prevent or control infection.
    — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2021
  • At the end of each six-week cycle, blood was drawn in the morning and evenings and analyzed for immune cell reactivity.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 27 Sep. 2022
  • These stories are all around us as the day-to-day reactivity that pervades professional life takes its toll.
    — Andrew Deutscher, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Higher reactivity to guests was partly explained by small size and being allowed on the bed.
    — New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2025
  • In fact, reactivity under pressure can be one of a leader’s costliest habits.
    — Naz Beheshti, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The goal is to decrease the emotional reactivity that only harms you.
    — Eiizabeth Bernstein, WSJ, 31 July 2017
  • In one-on-one meetings with your employees, actively teach them how to move away from reactivity.
    — Ron N Hurst, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2021
  • That speed and hyper-reactivity wasn’t there yet in the 2000s.
    — Patrick Lyons, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Plus, the fabric is designed to increase the reactivity of your muscles.
    — Sarah Bradley, Verywell Health, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Try to be patient, and don’t take action out of emotional reactivity.
    — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Such reactivity can result in slamming on the brakes—creating the kind of jerk that is sure to give your passenger whiplash.
    — John Spencer Taylor, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Her suicide is a bold statement, triumph of agency over reactivity.
    — Thelma Adams, Variety, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The team then tested the horses’ reactivity by opening an umbrella near a bucket of food.
    — Marta Hill, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Try to be patient, don’t take action out of emotional reactivity.
    — Kimberly King, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2026
  • The biggest takeaway for me is that proactivity leads to less reactivity.
    — Georgia Godfrey, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Despite their distinct appearances, both sides are exactly the same in terms of function and reactivity with food.
    — Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Despite their distinct appearances, both sides are exactly the same in terms of function and reactivity with food.
    — Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 6 June 2026
  • Despite their distinct appearances, both sides are exactly the same in terms of function and reactivity with food.
    — Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Despite their distinct appearances, both sides are exactly the same in terms of function and reactivity with food.
    — Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Researchers found that, on the one hand, individuals who have low sleep reactivity tend to have fewer problems with sleep when they're stressed.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The latter scenario would suggest the type of broad-spectrum reactivity necessary to build a new class of antivenom.
    — Kyle Dickman, Outside Online, 16 May 2019
  • Casadevall speculates that some of the asymptomatic people may be able to rapidly clear the virus thanks to this T-cell reactivity.
    — Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Andrea Kane, CNN, 2 Aug. 2020
  • But at some point, this responsiveness turns into reactivity.
    — Michel Koopman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • There has been no convincing evidence so far for any protective effect of T cell cross-reactivity.
    — David Hogberg, Washington Examiner, 17 Dec. 2020

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