Sentence examples for acted instinctively from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

Slightly older than his buddies, he's tough but a peacemaker, the one who acts instinctively in a crisis.

"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.