instinctual
Example Sentences
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They’re hard-working, action-oriented and instinctual, and they tend to learn by doing.
From Los Angeles Times
“Yermak was more a sort of instinctual negotiator…Budanov has his instincts, but I think he’s going to be much more punctilious about the preparations.”
His technical skill was instinctual and his style was unmatched — up until this point, scratching was mostly an East Coast thing.
From Los Angeles Times
For the actor, Padilha says, choosing what he wants to do is always instinctual, never premeditated.
From Los Angeles Times
“But the moves are so instinctual, grounded and human, so it’s freeing to perform. And when it was time to teach the dances to the other actors, I was the person in the room who already knew them! That’s the first time that’s ever happened to me. It put me in a bit of a leadership role, which was fitting.”
From Los Angeles Times
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