instinctively
Example Sentences
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When people try to focus on a faint sound, many instinctively shut their eyes.
From Science Daily
Her world consisted of this cubicle and the corridor outside—and soon I began to see the wisdom of this narrowed vision, and why prisoners instinctively shied away from questions about their larger lives.
From Literature
You don’t yet instinctively filter ideas through a lens of “that will never work” or “legal won’t approve this.”
I instinctively blinked back as happy tears streamed down my cheek.
From Los Angeles Times
A flicker that sharpens the sweetness and makes you reach instinctively for another square.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
