reflex action

But even then, he said, a shot could be the result of a reflex action.

I sat up and opened my eyes in one quick reflex action.

The reflex action when fired upon through a window was to fire back.

Then, almost as a reflex action, without thinking, I turned my head toward him and smiled.

They didn't know what to do but there was a quick reflex action from one member of the party.

Comments on one's size sometimes seem almost as reflex action.

The belief had its reflex action, doing something to calm her.

You develop a reflex action of reaching for the bowl.

He didn't expect his orders to do any good; it was only reflex action.

A light came on behind his eyes for the first time, as if up to now he'd merely been operating by reflex action.

The others instantly attacked him as if by reflex action.

I think it is important to see that there must be no emotional reflex actions.

But it was nerves, a reflex action, not the result of any thinking activity that made him act as he did.

This man couldn't control the reflex action of his trigger finger.

The eyelids just came open as a reflex action when I bent his head away.

Rather it might have been an almost automatic reflex action for the preservation of itself.

Purely by reflex action, he brought up his rifle and fired.

Closing the ports was almost a reflex action, I suppose.

Then there was an explosion immediately behind him, and by reflex action, he threw himself on the floor.

Her hand came up in a reflex action to cover her mouth.

I asked, trying to master the reflex action of my interior arrangements.

Almost as if by reflex action, he bent forward to clutch at the area where they had been.

As the knife entered her she seemed to try to double up, but it was only a reflex action.

It was a futile gesture born from a reflex action.

As a reflex action, she closed the gown over her exposed breast.