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    Synonyms and Definitions

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    involuntary


    1. took an involuntary step back towards his own car, and seemed to shrink visibly in


    2. It was some kind of involuntary trauma response, beyond my conscious control


    3. an involuntary step towards the sound of bedlam


    4. Bex is unable to respond to pain in a conventional way with purposeful movement, reacting by involuntary extension of her limbs only


    5. Carol's movement is involuntary


    6. He watches as Stevie takes an involuntary breath


    7. The involuntary twitch of sleeplessness starts


    8. Though his stay at the High Tower was involuntary, Alec had learned a little bit about mages because of it, their dress code being one such bit of knowledge


    9. ” The mention of that Naud's name, though the Elf knew he was commanding the flagship, still caused an involuntary shudder to race through her frame


    10. A small involuntary shiver ran down Drac's back

    11. Breathlessly stretching out a paw, he touched the object, and as he did, thoughts of his sister unexpectedly sprang into his mind, causing an involuntary shudder to run down his spine


    12. For an animal, ―learning‖ is an exercise in involuntary repetition


    13. He gave an involuntary shiver, almost too afraid to face what he’d seen


    14. But he pulled away, and I gave a tiny, involuntary whimper


    15. Its force pushed the breath from him in an involuntary gasp and lit the room with midday brightness


    16. His groaning became deeper, and his body started to shake involuntary; he could feel the spasms of death approaching, washing over him


    17. He forced himself to control the involuntary physiological reaction, and the shaking began to subside


    18. The very thought of what good it might do at this close range brought an involuntary upward curl to her lips


    19. ” He smiled again at his involuntary vocalization


    20. Each one of them has acted as an involuntary teacher to you

    21. It should be subliminal and involuntary, but for some reason it feels professionally managed by me step by step


    22. ) The resulting pain in one arthritic shoulder, involuntary deep breathing down to the bottom of my ribs, continued these associations


    23. following layoff for financial reasons only by Motorola, involuntary closure of dope runner’s law office following his conviction and disbarment, and lastly when the Attorney General forced me out by denying five earned, but wrongfully withheld step raises


    24. These involuntary movements are experienced as foreign


    25. possible that a controller might simultaneously stimulate a person to believe that she planned the involuntary movement; that is, unless involuntarily stimulating a belief or expectation produces a feeling of for-


    26. The automatic and involuntary


    27. This similarity is also reflected in the sound of involuntary cries, and the sounds some make while experiencing powerful pleasure and ecstasy can be almost indistinguishable from cries of pain


    28. involuntary servitude at any given time


    29. An involuntary shudder shook his frame, bringing him back to the present state of affairs


    30. an involuntary thrust with his hand and they moved from the

    31. And," she came closer catching him by the wrist as he took an involuntary step backwards


    32. Habit memory is Pavlovian, an archive of involuntary stimulus/response loops — the memory that never forgets how to ride a bike


    33. He had obtained a stock of involuntary mothers by operating his own surrogate sanatorium


    34. There were other girls who were kept in separate wards of the hospital, hidden from prying eyes, who were involuntary participants in Jacob's schemes


    35. The message was clear: all of us ‘old’ Nazis were cut off from the future Germany which belonged only to those who were too young and had, at best, only been involuntary helpers


    36. just an involuntary reflex; but she looked tempted to use those blades on


    37. We’ve got the father in custody for involuntary manslaughter; the man’s nothing but a drunk bum


    38. ’ As the headmaster whispered the name he suffered an involuntary shudder


    39. As they entered the lounge room, Steve let out an involuntary low whistle of surprise


    40. It is a persistent involuntary spasm of the vaginal wall that interferes with penetration

    41. ’ Robert’s voice had gathered an involuntary but useful edge of hysteria


    42. ” Involuntary tears of pain welled in his eyes


    43. There was an involuntary gasp from Ruth, “You didn’t mention to me that you


    44. Criminal homicides also include voluntary and involuntary manslaughter


    45. Voluntary manslaughter is a separate concept from involuntary manslaughter and has several definitions depending on what state the crime occurs in


    46. Involuntary manslaughter, on the other hand, occurs when someone dies as a result of the defendant's non-felonious illegal act or as a consequence of the defendant's irresponsibility or recklessness


    47. His shiverered involuntary as he looked down at the still form of his body lying bemt on the dirt encrusted floor of the basement


    48. al of the involuntary operations in the body, but it also does the big job of


    49. He cast his staff and it fell at the feet of Conan, who recoiled with an involuntary cry


    50. A vestige of these sensations clung to her as she recovered consciousness; so she cried out and clutched wildly as though to stay a headlong and involuntary flight













































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    Synonyms for "involuntary"

    involuntary nonvoluntary unvoluntary unconscious instinctive uncontrolled reflex impromptu unintentional incidentally unwitting reluctant ordered forced grudging

    "involuntary" definitions

    not subject to the control of the will


    controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control