It is the instinctive movement of a man who does not like wasting time.

When his hands came to her shoulders, she tensed, an instinctive movement it took concentrated effort to undo.

He closed his eyes, and his head made an instinctive movement to one side.

My first instinctive movement was to step backwards and feel for the handle of the door.

She made an instinctive movement to take it away from him, then stopped herself.

She checked her instinctive movement to Nyx's side, having no desire to be caught in the enchanted fire.

By an instinctive movement he had covered the hat-box with the coat.

Once on board, she strapped herself into the padded seat, a movement still instinctive even after all these years.

There were instinctive, furtive movements in the direction of the weapons.

She stepped backward, the movement instinctive, hardly aware she had done so.