inborn character
Example Sentences
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Did this change of the environment alter their inborn character?
From Applied Eugenics by Popenoe, Paul
It appears only in later life, but it is none the less an inborn character.
From The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity by Conn, H. W. (Herbert William)
The way in which she was throwing herself at Larssen during his absence for a few weeks was typical of her inborn character, which nothing could uproot.
From Swirling Waters by Rittenberg, Max
It is impossible in the present state of knowledge to answer these questions satisfactorily, but the balance of evidence appears to favour the view that sex is an unalterable, inborn character.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
When they rule, things do not work out in accordance with set calculation or inborn character.
From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson
