innate

Example Sentences

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Our innate curiosity, our instinct for gossip and our addiction to messy drama drive us to spend way more time consuming internet nonsense than we should.

From The Wall Street Journal

"There is that kind of innate sense of 'I will do everything I can to protect my child'. I don't think that's reflected sufficiently in the state," he added.

From BBC

"I was even nicknamed The Librarian by a few people because I have this innate ability to read people like a book," he explained.

From BBC

Yet, for all of her work building an empire, Paltrow still has the innate ability to disappear into a character.

From Salon

It’s not a skill, it’s an innate sense of decency and human consideration that exists in the hearts and souls of normal people.

From Los Angeles Times