The auction had a lukewarm reception.

The two-year note auction went far, far better than expected, prompting a wave of short-covering.

By receiving salvation, we receive God’s love.

I don't get any reception in dorms.

it is not uncommon in auction situations for proposals and counter-proposals to be received.

A depressing number of people seem to process everything literally. They are to wit as a blind man is to a forest, able to find every tree, but each one coming as a surprise.