Example Sentences

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When I’d gotten into my supercar for my final session, I’d unthinkingly stashed my phone in the storage container in the center console.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

It’s true that a certain kind of reflexive kindness can feel phony and that self-actualization of the type the show seems to unthinkingly fetishize can have dark, unintended consequences.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2023

So many of them . . . that's just a lot of content to have consumed unthinkingly.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2022

There's no shouting, no casual jokes as happens almost unthinkingly during most football practice.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2022

They unthinkingly follow the advice to say what you’re going to say, say it, and then say what you’ve said.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker