Sentence examples for knee jerk from inspiring English sources

The term "knee jerk" is correct and usable in written English.
It is an idiom which can be used to describe a response that is quick, automatic, and unthinking. For example, "After the news broke, the government's knee jerk reaction was to launch an investigation."

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knee jerk

noun

Alternative spelling of knee-jerk

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"Pendular" knee jerk, leg keeps swinging after knee jerk more than 4 times (4 or less is normal).

Hooray for knee jerk reactions!

OK, maybe not, it's probably a knee jerk reaction.

Today's knee jerk reactions to the headlines.

A knee jerk reaction to my anguish.

It's a knee jerk reflex in people's vocabularies.

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My knee jerking.

They knee-jerked to slavery, they knee-jerked towards the n-word.

I can hear those knees jerking already!

"The city has never been one to knee-jerk things.

You're, like, knee-jerk, knee-jerk, knee-jerk.

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