automatic reaction
Example Sentences
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This triggered a rapid, automatic reaction involving the brainstem and muscles.
From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026
“When you say to a girl, you know, at a very basic level, this name makes some girls feel like they don’t belong, their automatic reaction is: ‘You should change it.’…
From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2023
But while six months ago that was an almost automatic reaction, companies should take a "more granular approach" for 2023, said Finn Hansen, CEO of market research firm PriceBeam.
From Reuters • Sep. 15, 2022
As a 6-year-old at summer camp, he discovered his body had an automatic reaction to music, that this reaction was different from other people’s, and that seemingly everyone loved to watch.
From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2020
This is always the instinctive and automatic reaction.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
