instinctively
Example Sentences
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Confronted with the inexplicable, Morewedge says, we instinctively turn to the “incredible psychological machinery that we have for thinking about how people behave.”
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
Such a request would usually make listeners recoil instinctively.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Healthy mice instinctively prefer darker environments and avoid brightly illuminated spaces.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Mr. Simons brings a brooding sensitivity to this roughed-up-by-life man, whom Paul instinctively finds himself turning to for advice in his growing sense of emotional uncertainty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“I don’t think so,” I say, lying instinctively.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
