In it they argued that delinquency among very poor inner-city youths was a rational reaction to limited economic opportunities.

In the resulting panic, the Army is summoned along with a nasty government agent whose paranoia leaves no opening for a rational reaction.

At the moment Payton appeared to be worried, which was surely the rational reaction to what was going on.

Despite the mature, rational reactions she'd just fed her friend, the idea screeched against every impulse she had.

If the October stock slump were regular and predictable, investors' rational reactions would tend to counteract it.

All we need is a rational reaction.

Anger is seemingly a more rational reaction to perceptions of injustice and wrongdoing.

Upon disembarking, the only rational reaction is to laugh hysterically.

He continued: "The market had a very rational reaction to the numbers.

Racism is a moral evil, not a rational economic reaction.