"It's a knee-jerk response on all our parts to the homogenization of society."

The knee-jerk response at the network was, maybe we need more cast members on the show.

A common example is the standard knee-jerk response when visiting the doctor.

The knee-jerk response would likely be "Thanks, but no thanks".

"But it could be a knee-jerk response to let people know that he's doing something."

Ready comprehension is often a knee-jerk response and the most dangerous form of understanding.

"But I don't believe unsubstantiated allegations are enough to cause a knee-jerk response in the community."

But this ruling is not a knee-jerk response to executive pressure.

He took me by surprise, and I gave him a knee-jerk response.

Yours seem to reside in your knee-jerk conservative response to everything.