Example Sentences

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Reflexively, I swatted the off button on my car stereo.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026

Reflexively, the reporters and spectators turned away from Santos, toward the fight, and started to record the action.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2023

Reflexively, Catton takes the moral wind out of him at the same time.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023

Reflexively I banged her car’s trunk with my open hand.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2022

Reflexively, his eyes flickered to another picture — the most colorful of them all, the most ornately framed, and the largest; it was twice as wide as the door it hung next to.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer