instinctual

Example Sentences

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“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.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

From the beginning, her style has always been instinctual; a freeform jam session where she sits at the piano or with her guitar and just lets her ideas flow out.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025

Her references are instinctual: the curve of a staircase, the glossy page of a magazine, memories of watching her mother getting ready for a night out with girlfriends.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

More than anything, he had an uncanny ability to tap into the instinctual and ephemeral—and an uncanny ability to make the personal resonate in universal ways.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2025

Even though he still held on to his instinctual ways, he was comfortable enough that he ventured around the cage and made quite a bit of noise.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly