"unconscious" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Even their affair had been an unconscious attempt to bring about this very end.
- His shoulders moved, not quite a shrug, but the unconscious attempt to case some inner tightness.
- This is done in an unconscious attempt to reduce the level of intimacy and is often found in people who abuse their children.
- Maybe it's an unconscious attempt to thwart the User, thought Quentin.
- Some researchers have theorized that shoplifting is an unconscious attempt to make up for a past loss.
- Daniel said, shouting in an unconscious attempt to speed a process that would take its own time regardless.
- The arm bone had not been moved despite me unconscious attempts of the man to raise it.
- Defensive Functioning: A defense is an unconscious attempt to protect the individual from some powerful identity-threatening feeling.
- Alcohol and drug use may be an unconscious attempt at self-treatment for another problem, such as depression.
- She was curled up, an unconscious attempt at preserving heat.
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