inborn tendency
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But he suffered--had always suffered--from the jealous reserve which underlay her charm, her inborn tendency to secretiveness and intrigue.
From Lady Rose's Daughter by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
In fact, Professor Cook has recently suggested that the inborn tendency to variation is sufficient in itself to account for evolution, this tendency being either repressed or stimulated as external conditions are stable or variable.
From Animals of the Past by Lucas, Frederic A.
She has all her life been intensely religious, with a strong leaning toward pietism, and illness has still further developed this inborn tendency.
From Norwegian Life by Clough, Ethlyn T.
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
There is probably no inborn tendency whereby these responses of increased vigor and satisfaction are aroused in connection with any kind of activity.
From How to Teach by Strayer, George Drayton
