Sentence examples for reflex against from inspiring English sources

As a result, American dancers have a much quicker reflex against the floor, whereas the Danish dancers have a more plush, softer jump.

Ms. Moran, who is 37, has two young daughters, and the book is, in part, a protective reflex against them growing up to idolize Kim Kardashian and spend half their disposable income on depilation.

Bondi's verbal reflex against medical cannabis shows there's strong opposition that cannot be ignored.

Laryngospasm is sometimes present in the early stages of cardiac arrest as a protective airway reflex against aspiration.

You don't want to be matching your reflexes against his.

Now let's do tests on whether playing shoot-'em-up games also enhances other behaviors they reward: the tendency to react before thinking, addiction to adrenaline, and the tendency to see daily situations as games to test your reflexes against.

During a campaign that spans over 40 bite-sized levels, Lost Orbit rewards bold players willing to pit their reflexes against the elements with greater rewards in the form of medals (as well as extra reserves of Obtanium, a collectable that can be spent in an RPG-lite upgrade system).

There has been a small, but noisy, reflex reaction against "Devious Maids," because it casts Hispanic actresses as cleaning ladies, which is missing the point.

But as expertly volleyed by Mr. Goldblum and Mercedes Ruehl — the latter an alumna of Mr. Simon's work making an engaging London stage debut — those Simon wisecracks emerge as a reflex action against a world that is turning the jobless into so many variants on Job.

In fact, after drug-induced vasodilatation an intact sympathetic nervous system protects the body against local vascular leakage by reflex vasoconstriction and against systemic hypoperfusion by sodium retention.

"Life fulfillment, to a large extent, is the direct result of how you push back against reflex fear to take on the challenges that provide you with gratification," writes Robinson.