How to Use receive in a Sentence

receive

verb
  • She received the news of his death with remarkable calmness.
  • You will be charged a late fee if the electric company does not receive your payment on time.
  • I received a letter from her yesterday.
  • You will receive a discount if you spend over $100.
  • Sign up here to receive an email right as the chat is about to start.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Donors will receive a free Chick-fil-A sandwich on the day of the drive.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • There’s no one there to receive it and put in the freezer.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Very seldom does a client want to pay less to receive less.
    — Cindy Kosor, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Who knows what my dad wrote to Vin to receive such a response.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The amount demanded was the exact amount John had received in a bonus.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023
  • With the latter, the winner receives just over half that amount as a lump sum payment.
    — The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Fairstein will not receive any money as part of the agreement.
    — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
  • The food bank will receive 100% of the tax-deductible donations.
    — Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Chile, rumored to receive the service for a while, is still nowhere to support it.
    — José Adorno, BGR, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The fact that Deb and Jesse receive two votes and Chad and Phoebe get three is only the beginning of the drama.
    — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2022
  • That bezel was fluted to receive an interlocking tool used to screw the bezel on and off of the mid-case.
    — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 11 May 2024
  • Teams like the Agars must receive invitations to compete in the elite event.
    — Analisa Novak, CBS News, 16 June 2023
  • Police then received a tip in April of last year via Facebook about the robbery in which Moore was killed.
    — Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 23 Jan. 2024
  • As a result, both teams would shoot two free throws and Pepperdine would receive the ball.
    — The Oregonian/oregon Live Sports Staff, oregonlive, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Blessed to receive an invite to the Chiefs rookie minicamp!
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2024
  • Donors will receive a voucher for a free entrée (up to $15), courtesy of The Broken Yolk Cafe.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022
  • BetMGM allows users to refer up to 20 friends, and each time that one of your friends signs up, both of you will receive a $50 bonus.
    — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2023
  • For customers who have purchased a Rivian truck, the wait to receive it is now more than a year long.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 28 July 2022
  • Those articles helped spur the court to adopt its first-ever code of conduct and received a Pulitzer Prize.
    — ProPublica, 7 Nov. 2024
  • In 2020, the department received permission to record and store footage.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Harris, who was 18 at the time and about to graduate from high school, received a 76-year prison sentence.
    — Melissa Noel, Essence, 12 Dec. 2023
  • May isn’t the only member of Queen to receive a royal title.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Kids in costume will receive 500 free e-tickets that can go towards prizes such as Chuck E. plushies and toys and more.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Nov. 2024
  • As the spinal cord sends and receives messages between the brain and the body, an injury to it can cause permanent changes in strength or feeling in the body, according to the Mayo Clinic.
    — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Pack said Smathers was finishing a crash report from the previous shift when dispatch received a call to assist with checking flood-prone roadways.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2025

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