knee jerk
Example Sentences
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"Everyone recognizes there is a growing antibiotic resistance crisis, and the knee jerk reaction is to develop new antibiotics," You added.
From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2024
Unite's deputy regional secretary, Davy Thompson, said minimum service levels are "the most invidious example of knee jerk legislating this country has seen in a long time".
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2024
"We didn't want a knee jerk sell-off of all the Russian metal," said an executive at one of the banks storing gold for ETFs, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity.
From Reuters • Dec. 21, 2022
“I feel changing it because of criminal activity is a knee jerk rection and it’s not going to change anything,” she said last week.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2022
The Diagnosis is made at first by the fatigue, peculiar pains, loss of the knee jerk, the peculiar pupil and history of syphilis.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
