instinctual

Example Sentences

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The displaced feeling that a process we’ve always been told is natural and instinctual is anything but.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2026

“The Drama” demands discomfort before defying it, making for a sophisticated viewing experience that questions our instinctual judgments.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

I’m a really instinctual person and I get feelings — I feel like I’m a little psychic.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

“Yermak was more a sort of instinctual negotiator…Budanov has his instincts, but I think he’s going to be much more punctilious about the preparations.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Mendel, as we shall see, was an instinctual gardener—a breeder of plants, a counter of seeds, an isolator of traits; Darwin was a garden digger—a classifier of plants, an organizer of specimens, a taxonomist.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee