reciprocated

Example Sentences

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"While he may have sought to foster a personal relationship, I was never interested in that and never reciprocated."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Since the Cold War, the U.S. had provided a “nuclear umbrella” to other nations, which reciprocated by holding a disproportionate share of their reserves in dollars and Treasury securities, he wrote in an email.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Putin reciprocated in Tajikistan with a cake marking Xi’s 66th, decorated with birthday wishes in Chinese.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

They harmonized beautifully over a tightly-apertured standard about reciprocated sweetness — a song performed at the scale of a treat in the home of a refugee.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

Her feeling was evidently reciprocated; the very back of the man, as he walked along before them, was hostile, sullenly contemptuous.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley