She had thrown out her hands with the instinctive gesture of a child who wishes to turn one who has been unkind, kind.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
But when the sixteen weary hours had passed away, and the afternoon shift of nurses brought not Miss Ponsonby but the red-haired lady of cheerful temperament, Judge Barton's instinctive sigh was speedily followed by a rapt interest in Collingwood.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
There is, I believe, in the heart of every man, an instinctive respect for sorrow.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook