instinct

Example Sentences

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At the Candidates, one opponent tried to lead Sindarov away from the common lines that grandmasters tend to study, hoping that he could outwit the 20-year-old in a battle of instinct and intellect, not memorization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

There isn’t anywhere else that one can walk into and immediately satisfy the social instinct among a convivial and refreshingly diverse clientele in what is becoming an increasingly homogenized locality.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

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

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

That instinct is rooted in a series of shocks that have quietly reshaped household balance sheets.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

She had, I thought, a remarkable countenance, instinct both with power and goodness.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë