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Example sentences for: knee-jerk

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We know that knee-jerk cynicism is as uninteresting as persistent naiveté--although the former is the superior betting strategy if you're playing blackjack in Vegas with Death.
Clinton's knee-jerk policy changes nothing in the short run, but it is ultimately a giant step backward.
Budget guides can be particularly harsh: Is this a considered reaction to the economic and environmental damage that higher-end and package tourism can cause, or just knee-jerk irreverence?
Rather than showing real concern for the impact of camera-toting hordes or knee-jerk irreverence, I think the books are dispensing garden-variety flattery, making you feel superior to the next guy on the museum ticket line.
In his January 25 memo, Clarke had advised Rice that the government should respond to the Cole attack, but "should take advantage of the policy that 'we will respond at a time, place and manner of our own choosing' and not be forced into knee-jerk responses."