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    Use "instinctively" in a sentence

    instinctively example sentences

    instinctively


    1. Instinctively, I reach out as though to take it … drawing my hand back swiftly as I realise what I am doing, and clasping it with my other hand as though it had been burned


    2. These animals reacted instinctively


    3. had been taken and Cat knew instinctively that he was about to play the line


    4. the shovel, and Johnny knew instinctively that even were she not capable she would


    5. to know instinctively that eye of the storm would come from the east, from the


    6. teeth then he would have understood the problem instinctively


    7. Even as the thought skittered through my feeble mind, even though I instinctively understood that having fresh clothes meant investment in my life as a hostage by my captors, still I relished the simple aromas of washed cotton


    8. I stood up, instinctively pulling the hessian sack over my head as I did so – a reflex action – reacting to this strange new morning by adopting the tried and tested methods of survival


    9. Instinctively I tried to absorb the blow, and in doing so I grabbed hold of Robbie’s boot


    10. He seemed to know instinctively that eye of the storm would come from the east, from the direction that lay behind him, in his long distant past, and slumped forward as he was, he began, as he always did in such circumstances, to count the tufts in the grey and threadbare boot carpet

    11. ’ Berndt said smoothly, ducking instinctively as Joris aims a cuff at the back of his head


    12. He knows, instinctively, that he’ll reach back


    13. She had picked up on the energy and knew instinctively that this area was to be protected


    14. He knew instinctively that he was praying! This huge mighty dragon was humbling himself before the Almighty, giving the Creator of us all His due


    15. Lucy had never bought into the concept that art or music could change lives or move mountains, but with every hook and drum beat, with every lilting nuance of the boy’s soft voice, she sensed a shift in the world and she knew instinctively that she had to download the song immediately


    16. This song, a song that he had never heard before but seemed to know instinctively, filled him with warmth and life, and quite to the barman’s shock and pleasant surprise, Ken ordered his last pint with a smile


    17. who instinctively knew how to play the game of survival


    18. ’ Alastair commented, instinctively ducking to avoid the beam placed just at head height half way up the stairs, ‘It’s lovely the way you’ve resisted the temptation to modernise it out of all recognition


    19. She knew instinctively,


    20. instinctively known who was about to call you, before

    21. His hand instinctively went for the dagger on his belt


    22. voice, she sensed a shift in the world and she knew instinctively


    23. before but seemed to know instinctively, filled him with warmth


    24. instinctively shrunk back into their hedgerow hiding place as they


    25. Instinctively he waded out


    26. Instinctively, she stepped back, increasing the distance between them


    27. He is dragged back onto his feet by his brother, and as he lurches backwards he instinctively pushes the nearly empty sachet of yellow powder in his hand into his jeans pocket


    28. He looked up, glancing instinctively over the causeway


    29. So, they would instinctively react in a way appropriate to


    30. Alex’s grip on Ted's arm is firm and he instinctively recognises that familiar look of fear and confusion on the old man’s face

    31. Ted's eyes follow the movement of the gun instinctively


    32. Billy knows instinctively that Ken is dead, just like he knows without a shred of doubt that Jock is still alive


    33. She instinctively knows that impersonal tragedy is a myth


    34. shoulder instinctively to gauge the distance to the door


    35. After the first several movements, for which he had telegraphed to them a posture, they began to react instinctively in self-protection, which saved his voice and breath and allowed him even greater focus in his unrelenting attack


    36. ’ He said, as if he knows instinctively what will help comfort her at this time


    37. The frightened mare instinctively bucked suddenly away from the falling structure and threw James into the rails between the stalls


    38. She pulled away instinctively


    39. Instinctively, he thought to call to Argos, to assess the ship’s current condition, but then he remembered something


    40. Instinctively, she ran her hand over her shield’s trigger – not that it would have done a bit of good in a battle with Argos

    41. instinctively crossing herself as she did so


    42. Instinctively Katrina brushed her nails across her own clean shaven head, reminding herself that she had nothing to fear from the ghostly trio for they were bound as allies through a sisterhood of horrors


    43. She recognized Luray's voice instinctively but took over a second to think that she might be in the starship descending over her


    44. Suicide is a serious matter but all humans know that instinctively


    45. My blood simmered at the contact, forcing my body to be instinctively wanton


    46. She couldn’t detect any falseness in him; the emotion in his eyes betrayed his real feelings and she instinctively knew he was telling the truth


    47. Her hand flew to her blade instinctively, but with nothing and no one in sight, she felt helpless


    48. lawmaker instinctively knows that the unending (24/7) physical torturing of a


    49. He saw the way the king had looked at her and he knew instinctively that he wanted her


    50. The man soon caught sight of the Legionnaire and also stopped, hand instinctively moving to his blade – but not quite seizing it














































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    "instinctively" definitions

    as a matter of instinct