instinct
Example Sentences
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“The tools and therapies change, but the underlying instinct remains.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Playing for one of South America's giants, where winning every game is an obligation, forged the competitive instinct that now defines him.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
As teammates, we had an unspoken contract to do the drills to the extent that the movements become instinct, to do the work, to play injured, to show up.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
I didn’t want to abandon that instinct so much as … give it a little more range.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
The first time it happened, my brother didn’t understand what the cow was up to, but he is smart, he knows that sometimes cows can have a sense of danger, an instinct.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
Vocabulary lists containing instinct
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