inborn tendency
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Betty's case furnishes an illustration of an inborn tendency, fostered neither by precept nor example, persistently to attempt the impossible, and to fret and fume when forced to discontinue.
From Why Worry? by Walton, George Lincoln
At last she felt his inborn tendency; the early religious background which influenced his temperament.
From The Higher Court by Daggett, Mary Stewart
Say, rather, that the species of necessity which consists in character and inborn tendency is stronger than any resolution to run counter to it.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 by Various
His youth showed again how much more inborn tendency has to do with one's life than any external forces—such as guardianship, means, and what we call education.
From Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z by Various
In no way was Norman's luck superior to most men's more splendidly than in that his inborn tendency to arrogant and extravagant desires was matched by an inborn capacity to get the necessary money.
From The Grain of Dust by Phillips, David Graham
