Our authority was protective reaction, so we had to report there was some enemy action.

Normally, mice don't trigger the same protective reactions as do larger animals with appealing eyes.

Again Satan smiled; it seemed to be his protective reaction.

"In my own experience," Chimele said ruefully, "behavior with this protective reaction also seems highly irrational."

This is called the gill withdrawal reflex, and is simply a protective reaction.

His mention of Quillon sparked a quick protective reaction in her.

This natural protective reaction needs to be discouraged after surgery to avoid the complications of immobility.

The snickers were a kind of protective reaction.

Reports of his behindthelines and acrosstheneutralborders activities made "protective reaction" seem like a logical strategy.

Invertebrates show a wide range of protective reactions to putatively painful stimuli.