The modernist movement in literature was a 'reaction against' traditional literary conventions.
The announcement produced an angry/stunned 'reaction' from most of the people at the meeting.
There has been a 'mixed reaction' [=people have reacted in different ways] to the new policy.
(..) coming in pretty good. Good. What's in the bottle? Holy water. Presence of religious icons... ...will get a reaction from anything unholy. Sort of pisses them off. So I set these throughout the house, see if I can stir things up a bit. - Like holding a cross to a vampire? (..)2013 The Conjuring