instinctively
Example Sentences
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“You have instincts over what to do in certain situations. This is a new instinct of knowing when to challenge and instinctively within a second, oh, that’s a ball. What’s the situation?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
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
Morgane Halimi, Sotheby's Global Head of Handbags and Fashion, said in a statement that Princess Diana "understood instinctively" that fashion can be a language in its own right.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Ann was dumbfounded, but she reacted instinctively by reaching out and taking his hand in her own.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
