irreflective

Example Sentences

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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 Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

And from this day I was an altered creature, never again relapsing into the careless, irreflective mind of childhood.

From Autobiographical Sketches by De Quincey, Thomas

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 Ferrero, Guglielmo

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 James, Henry

He obeys his instincts and indulges his appetites with the irreflective simplicity of an animal.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington