knee jerk

Example Sentences

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"There is a danger of a knee jerk reaction that anything Chinese is bad," he said.

From BBC

“I think the knee jerk reaction is … to double down on penalties and interdiction efforts to, quote, ‘stop the flow of drugs into the US.’

From Los Angeles Times

"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

Yet as a mother of daughters and as a feminist, my initial knee jerk response to a book like this is, "Oh, boo hoo for men. Men have it hard? Do you know about women?"

From Salon

But, Ben Houchen - Conservative mayor of Tees Valley - warned his colleagues against a "knee jerk reaction" and said that holding a leadership contest during a cost of living crisis would make the party look "ridiculous".

From BBC