instinctual

Example Sentences

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But I would say that when people are freaking out and there’s complete chaos around me, my instinctual reaction is to be calm, because I don’t want to dive into the chaos.

From Los Angeles Times

“Their linebackers are very aggressive, fill hard, very instinctual,” Stenavich said.

From Seattle Times

To know White's history with writing women whose unlikability masks wonderful depths – and this is a terrific spot to raise a glass of prosecco to "Enlightened's" Amy Jellicoe – is to know that this obscures a well of instinctual intelligence.

From Salon

Couldn’t the same be said of remembering — that it is instinctual, unbidden?

From Los Angeles Times

Among the 705 replies to the tweet was one from RoadTrippingCat: “Leave it to Dems/Progressives to go into circular firing squad formation 2 weeks before what’s possibly the most important election in the history of our democracy. Is this self-sabotage unavoidably instinctual?”

From Seattle Times