irreflective
Example Sentences
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His right figure was that of life in irreflective joy and at the highest thinkable level of prepared security and unconscious insolence.
From The Finer Grain by Henry James
It cannot be denied that the transition from atrocious prosecutions to divine honors was somewhat sudden, but this is merely a further proof that Caligula was endowed with a violent, impulsive, and irreflective temperament.
From The Women of the Caesars by Guglielmo Ferrero
Yet in this, as in many other instant and happy decisions, we may not see the mere casting of a die, the chance result of an irreflective impulse.
From The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
“Far behind Scott in the power of instinctive, irreflective, spontaneous creation of character, Stevenson tells his story with more art and with a firmer grip on his reader.”
From Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial by Alexander H. (Alexander Hay) Japp
At such moments he had an irreflective courage, which prompted him to utter what he thought without regard to anything but the common civilities of life.
From The Crown of Life by George Gissing
