Example Sentences

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He subjects to close inspection “ordinary fleeting moments” that might otherwise be unreflectively assimilated.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2022

He writes or speaks about it, credulously or unreflectively.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2018

Among other things, these studies have shown that – contrary to what we may unreflectively think – eyewitnesses are notoriously unreliable, whether describing a crime scene, a spectacular event, or a casual encounter.

From Time • Mar. 21, 2016

I first read Rogue Male 20 years or so ago, rapidly and unreflectively, pulled onwards by its plot.

From The Guardian • Mar. 15, 2013

Adjustments of personal and social relations in the past have been made unreflectively and with a minimum of personal and social consciousness.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra