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How to use involuntarily in a sentence

20 example sentences · adverb

Involuntarily means in an involuntary manner; done without conscious thought. Example: “Her leg twitched involuntarily.”

Examples of involuntarily by meaning

adverbIn an involuntary manner; done without conscious thought.

  • Her leg twitched involuntarily.
  • He involuntarily overheard the conversation.
  • Instead, he has spasmodic dysphonia, a rare neurological condition in which the muscles that open and close his vocal cords spasm involuntarily, creating a strained or strangled quality to his speech.2025 January 29, Sandee LaMotte, “A rare brain disorder robbed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of his strong speaking voice”, in CNN

More sentences with involuntarily

  • At the time of war the President is authorized by law to induct persons into the armed forces involuntarily.From the entry induct
  • He had to be involuntarily committed to the psych ward.From the entry psych
  • Alana abbreviated "involuntarily celibate" to "invcel", until someone suggested that "incel" was easier to say.2018 August 29, Jim Taylor, “The woman who founded the 'incel' movement”, in BBC. From the entry abbreviate
  • Incels are mostly losers who don’t get laid — involuntarily celibate.2018 April 25, Oli Dugmore, “What is an incel? A former member of the internet subculture explains”, in JOE. From the entry wizard
  • He broke off, panting hard, because he had involuntarily tallened again.2014, John Brunner, The Crucible of Time. From the entry tallen
  • Brianna shuddered involuntarily, feeling icy fingers creep ’neath the edges of her courage.1988, Kimberly Cates, Crown of Mist, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 322. From the entry restirring
  • Trying to save the shopkeeperess from concentration camp, Tono involuntarily causes her death.1965, The Daily Review. From the entry shopkeeperess
  • Men walking the streets suddenly staggered as if drunk, and extended their arms involuntarily, as rope-dancers do.1921, Philip Sanford Marden, chapter 8, in Sailing South, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, pages 106–107. From the entry funambulatory
  • It’s not clear how far mainstream looksmaxxing has moved away from its roots in online “incel” (involuntarily celibate) communities.2024 February 15, Simon Usborne, “From bone smashing to chin extensions: how ‘looksmaxxing’ is reshaping young men’s faces”, in The…. From the entry looksmaxx
  • The goal is to get enough volunteers so that the airline can avoid involuntarily bumping passengers off the flight.2017, Gerald N. Cook, Bruce Billig, Airline Operations and Management: A Management Textbook, page 217. From the entry oversale
  • Involuntarily, he stepped behind some alder brush off the trail.2012, Agnes Christina Laut, The Freebooters of the Wilderness, →ISBN. From the entry turbid
  • At one point McGregor had coughed and the skinny drink of water involuntarily slid his chair back from the table.2011, Christopher Brookmyre, One Fine Day In The Middle Of The Night, →ISBN. From the entry skinny drink of water
  • Persons who receive income-payment benefits from a government agency may voluntarily seek, or be involuntarily subjected to, representative payeeship.1983, Stanley S. Herr, Stephen Arons, Richard Edward Wallace, Legal Rights and Mental-Health Care, page 136. From the entry payeeship
  • Rebecca found herself involuntarily holding her breath and a moment later she spotted the beautiful rusty fur coat of a fox emerging from the bushes.2019, John Darke, Mr Blue Sky, →ISBN, page 258. From the entry fur coat
  • Incel is short for “involuntarily celibate”.2018 April 25, Alex Hern, “Who are the 'incels' and how do they relate to Toronto van attack?”, in The Guardian, archived from the…. From the entry manosphere
  • That citizens would not be unrepresented, mistaxed, overlorded, or involuntarily impressed into military service put the country in a New World indeed.2008, Orville Vernon Burton, The Age of Lincoln: A History. From the entry unrepresented
  • Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock.1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 1, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN. From the entry unquiet

Meaning of involuntarily

  1. adverb In an involuntary manner; done without conscious thought.

Full definition of involuntarily

Questions about involuntarily in a sentence

How do you use involuntarily in a sentence?
Involuntarily is used as an adverb. For example: “Her leg twitched involuntarily.”
What is a short sentence with involuntarily?
“Her leg twitched involuntarily.”
What does involuntarily mean?
Involuntarily means in an involuntary manner; done without conscious thought.

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