consummatory behaviour

/ (kənˈsʌmətərɪ) /

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noun

psychol any behaviour that leads directly to the satisfaction of an innate drive, e.g. eating or drinking

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How to use consummatory behaviour in a sentence

It demands only that judges “shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour.”
Justice Ginsburg Shouldn’t Quit Just Yet|Kevin Bleyer|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Judges, they wrote, “shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour.”
Justice Ginsburg Shouldn’t Quit Just Yet|Kevin Bleyer|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But there is more to this behaviour than intentional amnesia.
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How from now on we were going to be seeing in Prince Harry nothing but a model of discretion, seriousness and best behaviour?
Prince Harry Parties TOPLESS|Tom Sykes|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Such behaviour in another part of Europe would have meant their certain death.
The Jews Who Fought for Hitler: ‘We Did Not Help the Germans. We Had a Common Enemy’|The Telegraph|March 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Without preface, he abruptly asked, what had been told him of the Duke of Wharton's behaviour the preceding night.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
I need not inquire whether his dismal behaviour was natural or assumed.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
No one, apparently, took the slightest notice of his absurdly wild behaviour.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
What pleased me most was, that both the dress and behaviour of the military young ladies were highly becoming.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
On all other points it becomes a fair war risk to presume upon their happy-go-lucky behaviour.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton