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Discover LudwigThe phrase "act instinctively" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe behavior that is driven by natural impulses or reflexes rather than conscious thought.
Example: "In a dangerous situation, people often act instinctively to protect themselves."
Alternatives: "respond intuitively" or "react automatically."
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The fight-or-flight response floods the body with energy to act instinctively and steals it from the areas of the brain needed for wise decision-making.
I was so tired, but there's a benefit to working like that: a lot of your editorial control goes, and you act instinctively.
"Householders who act instinctively and honestly in self-defence are victims of crime and should be treated that way.
Dillingham stated that "in order to be courageous, a man in time of physical strife must abandon the highest of his human facilities, reason and imagination, and act instinctively, even animalistically".
"If religion is indeed an evolved domain — an instinct — then it will become heightened at times of stress, when people are inclined to act instinctively, and there is clear evidence for this," Dutton said.
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I'd acted instinctively, that was all.
Mr Psenny said that he had acted "instinctively".
Mrs. Wright acted instinctively, as some people will under fire.
In the chaos of the moment, Jan acted instinctively: He threw a punch at the gunman.
They acted instinctively and with the highest of motives, to help others.
Speaking after England's victory on Tuesday evening, Root said he had acted instinctively after hearing comments he profoundly disagreed with.
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