How to Use reciprocation in a Sentence

reciprocation

noun
  • Play the game, go after the reciprocation, and watch the comments roll in.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Leos demand respect and honour for their kindness to their friends and brood, so no deed is done without reciprocation.
    — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Most methods involve a drill being spun back-and-forth on a board (reciprocation is the key to most friction methods).
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 26 May 2020
  • Trump reached out to touch Macron’s shoulder, a gesture that drew Macron’s smile but not his reciprocation.
    — Fred Kaplan, Slate Magazine, 13 July 2017
  • Wood explains, making special note of Harry’s reciprocation of the same type of contact.
    — refinery29.com, 26 June 2018
  • But that part about reciprocation and paying attention to her cues really matters.
    — Alison Green, The Cut, 29 Aug. 2017
  • This trust allows for easy reciprocation and an environment of learning.
    — David D. Haynes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Is Carol’s affection perhaps meant to double down on the joke, to show how ridiculous such a reciprocation would be in real life?
    — Rebecca Onion, Slate Magazine, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Therefore, reciprocation is a must.
    — Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The album’s ideal love is anesthetic, a script for surviving daily chaos and tragedy that doesn’t require reciprocation.
    — Daniel Felsenthal, Pitchfork, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Most methods involve spinning a drill back-and-forth on a board (reciprocation is the key to most friction methods), or a sawing motion (again, going back-and-forth).
    — Popular Science, 31 Aug. 2020
  • People in a good mood are more cooperative and elicit reciprocation.
    — Daniel Kahneman, WSJ, 13 May 2021
  • People entertain in different ways, and an invitation to a picnic or a bistro would be full reciprocation for a formal dinner.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2024
  • However, the duo never acted upon this romantic reciprocation, thanks, in part, to timing and the fear of an implosion.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 27 May 2021
  • And Boyfriend’s generosity, which denies reciprocation, sounds like control to me.
    — Philip Galanes, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The United States was open for business to its adversaries, without reciprocation.
    — Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Alvarez’s fantasies of reciprocation recur throughout his work.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Instead, what lingers is the image of Bergeron pausing for a few moments to salute Boston fans, with the reciprocation returned his way at full volume.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
  • Hayley narrates her longing for love and reciprocation from a significant other over the track’s instantly infectious dance beat.
    — Bianca Betancourt, Teen Vogue, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Early in the offseason, the Knicks touted few assets the Mavericks viewed as suitable sign-and-trade reciprocation.
    — Dallas News, 29 June 2022
  • The reciprocation of behavior, simply put, is the ability to observe and mimic someone else’s behavior.
    — Amandeep Midha, Forbes, 18 May 2021
  • In Hawaiian culture, aloha is an expression of respect and warmth with no expectation of reciprocation.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
  • If your time differs from your partner’s, schedule lovemaking sessions for each of you to receive pleasure, without any expectation of reciprocation.
    — Elizabeth Bernstein, WSJ, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Hart found that individuals would rarely produce more than two egg parcels consecutively before switching roles to ensure reciprocation from their partner.
    — Mary K. Hart, National Geographic, 6 July 2016
  • Concessions without reciprocation, made against the better judgment of foreign policy advisers, smack more of payoff than outreach.
    — Michael Gerson, Alaska Dispatch News, 24 July 2017
  • To avoid appearing too robotic and to help conceal inevitable errors in gesture perception, a hugging robot shall not attempt perfect reciprocation of intrahug gestures.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The authors concluded that reciprocation is a prosocial behavior that does not require higher-cognitive abilities.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Paired with Felipe’s fugue-like voice, the exchange in perspective becomes mimetic of the fraught reciprocations between then and now, mother and daughter, the memories of parents and those of their children.
    — Sean McCoy, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019
  • Putin’s reaction cut against a long practice of reciprocation on diplomatic expulsions, and came after his foreign minister had vowed that there would be reprisals against the United States.
    — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2017
  • Museum loans are typically made in expectation of future reciprocation, but obviously not this one.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024

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