It was an instinctive action of respect in part for the man and perhaps more for what his presence represented.

With that first trigger pull he had grooved into instinctive action.

By inhibiting our initial instinctive action we have the choice to make entirely different decisions.

His instinctive action gave Milton the ugly opportunity for murder.

Unlike a d'Alembert, he did not leap into instinctive action upon hearing that sound.

He meant no slight; it was an instinctive action.

This often leads her to rash, instinctive action rather than first thinking things through.

It seemed like the instinctive action of a trained killer.

The question concerning the sensibility, intelligence, and instinctive actions of insects.

My hand swept down in a blind, instinctive action and struck her arm on the inside of the elbow.