gut reaction
Example Sentences
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Kantenga laughed when I posed it to him, saying his usual gut reaction to the question is to slink away like the meme of Homer Simpson retreating into the bushes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
"My initial gut reaction is if they want to do that and it's kind of playful, that's fine," Kidd said.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026
Aymann Ismail: What was your gut reaction to the news of the pardons?
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2025
Then you got the script — what was your gut reaction?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
Briefly he outlined to the lawyer the situation insofar as he understood it, and asked Hirsshorn what his initial and instinctive gut reaction was.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
