Mr. Sharpton said he had fully expected the skeptical reception.

The proposal, which would increase costs for airline passengers, faces a skeptical reception in Congress.

This passage's description of the skeptical reception Christ was given by his Greek audience appears to be alluded to in Bottom's performance.

With spending moderating for hospitals and physicians, insurance company requests for rate increases are getting a skeptical reception from state regulators.

This country's new Government is getting a skeptical reception from a constituency that does not vote but could play a determining role in the future - foreign investors.

Despite the skeptical reception by the major Western powers, the Soviet call has stirred interest and debate among diplomats here and other experts.

He might get a skeptical reception.

Despite the urgency of expanding the nation's air capacity, the Administration's plan to address the problem faces a skeptical reception in Congress.

But some of Phelps Dodge's large shareholders did not buy the argument, which also met with a skeptical reception at some debt rating services.

But that argument got a surprisingly skeptical reception even from Justices who have criticized the existing precedents as unduly hostile to religion.