These involuntary spasms of the vocal cords cause the voice to change in quality. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
involuntary manslaughter. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
involuntary muscles. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Gaskell has used the term involuntary nervous system. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 7. The Sympathetic Nerves] Reference
I wonder what the difference in involuntary reactions is. datingjesus. From Wordnik.com. [Check this out « Dating Jesus] Reference
"Is that the secret of all earthly sorrow, then?" said Miss Mehitable aloud, in involuntary soliloquy. From Wordnik.com. [Oldtown Folks] Reference
After all, the line between voluntary and involuntary is very different in the military than in the civilian world. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Guns and Mental Illness] Reference
'Tis a connection we cannot easily forget: - I took his hand in mine; I repeated his name involuntary; -- I felt a pulse in every vein at the sound. From Wordnik.com. [The Man of Feeling] Reference
Unstriated muscle is sometimes called involuntary, and striated, voluntary muscle; but there is really not the connexion with the will that these terms suggest. From Wordnik.com. [Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata] Reference
SOCRATES: The involuntary is the worse of the two?. From Wordnik.com. [Lesser Hippias] Reference
Motions termed involuntary are caused by volition. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
He'd gone into what the doctors called involuntary seizures. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
That will reduce the number of posts classified as involuntary job cuts. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com -- Top News] Reference
Bye, he calls out, so bright I smile, the expression an involuntary reflex. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood Savage] Reference
Goose bumps are defined as the involuntary response of the skin to fear or awe. From Wordnik.com. [Fanball Fantasy Football News - Newsbreakers] Reference
Thus the idea of involuntary servitude, where no crime was, prevailed in the Theocracy. From Wordnik.com. [The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861)] Reference
Peonage is defined as involuntary servitude imposed to extract repayment of an indebtedness. From Wordnik.com. [The Reality Check] Reference
"How far we may be the cause of the ignorance we call involuntary, it is impossible to determine. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times] Reference
It's the marine corps 'so-called involuntary recall since the U.S. invasion of Iraq back in 2003. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 22, 2006] Reference
Your argument that government shouldn’t do good things because taxes are involuntary is a bunch of bull. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Double Standard of Libertarian Paternalism] Reference
That's called involuntary servitude, and our country fought a civil war over it under the simpler name slavery. From Wordnik.com. [The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines] Reference
Further, the doing of an act that is called involuntary in virtue of ignorance of this sort must be painful and involve repentance. From Wordnik.com. [The NICOMACHEAN ETHICS] Reference
On the contrary, they include changes and movements in all of the so-called involuntary muscles, and in every kind of bodily structure. From Wordnik.com. [Psychology and Achievement Being the First of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency] Reference
Ford officials won't confirm that the so-called involuntary layoffs involve anywhere from 10 to 12 percent of the company's salaried workforce. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 29, 2008] Reference
The number of persons working part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was little changed in July at 8.8 million. From Wordnik.com. [Hale "Bonddad" Stewart: It Was a Good Week in Economic News] Reference
In March, the number of persons working part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) climbed by 423,000 to 9.0 million. From Wordnik.com. [Headlines - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick] Reference
She twisted in a kind of involuntary protest at the thought. From Wordnik.com. [Wizard and Glass]
“it is called involuntary slavery.” as opposed to voluntary slavery?. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Can I Get My Copy of this Contract] Reference
The hah! perhaps being some kind of involuntary throwback to his military childhood. From Wordnik.com. [Absolute Friends]
(sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) increased to 9.1 million in March. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
Clearly we do not mean by 'involuntary' unemployment the mere existence of an unexhausted capacity to work. From Wordnik.com. [The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money] Reference
This excludes all 'involuntary' acts such as reflex actions, acts committed during hypnosis, epileptic seizure, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Brian:] Reference
But some acts, even when “accidental,” also merit punishment, such as involuntary manslaughter or accidental vehicular manslaughter. From Wordnik.com. [October « 2008 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website] Reference
The classical postulates do not admit of the possibility of the third category, which I shall define below as 'involuntary' unemployment. From Wordnik.com. [The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money] Reference
Finally, there was the question of the "involuntary" part of the servitude charges. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
Even the "involuntary" functions like breathing and heartbeat get mixed neural signals. From Wordnik.com. [The Ukiah Daily Journal Forum] Reference
They also looked at other kinds of interventions, such as involuntary part-time employment and mandatory overtime, that help employers. From Wordnik.com. [Newswise: Latest News] Reference
I'm not sure what "involuntary" means in this context, but I doubt if Dr Bielenberg supports the Harris thesis of a mass "enforced exodus". From Wordnik.com. [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference
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