instinct

Example Sentences

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When a 19-year-old college student loses a bet, the instinct is rarely to walk away.

From The Wall Street Journal

He said: "My first instinct is that it's a hoax message or she'd been hacked."

From BBC

"As a nine, you're obviously playing higher up, in and around the box, and reacting off instincts and small margins around the area," Russo said.

From BBC

Users can ask open-ended questions and request multiple options from AI to avoid reinforcing their own instincts.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I just had a gut instinct that something wasn't right," she said.

From BBC