"It's kind of like a defensive instinct; it just comes," she says.

He was laboring to breathe, and I grabbed the gun, not from any defensive instinct, but out of shear possessiveness.

Yes, their defensive instincts and organization remain arguably the world's finest.

Her reflexes and defensive instincts were not what they once had been.

"Now give me your weapon, son, and we shall-" Hasan's defensive instinct took over.

His defensive instincts have served him well enough in surviving these unstructured contests, but the game changes now.

"That was just defensive instinct," El-Amin said of the steal from the freshman guard.

A dog's defensive instinct is his need to protect himself and the other members of his pack, which in these days usually includes the family unit.

Many Rottweilers are thought to be too soft when young and encouraged forward, forward, forward, in their defensive instinct.

The defensive instinct must be allowed to mature slowly, like a good wine.