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• His latest speech panders to the worst instincts of the electorate.From the entry pander
• Everyday behavior is an overlay of learned behavior over instinct.From the entry learned
• Bats are born with the instinct of flight.From the entry flight
• His weakness seemed to bring out her maternal instincts.From the entry maternal
• The homing instinct in pigeons is an example of orientation.From the entry orientation
• Once she began listening to her instincts and didn't second-guess herself the entire time, her artwork improved noticeably.From the entry second-guess
• Despite his impressive technical skills, his approach to problem solving was often unintuitive, relying solely on data and analysis intuitionless and without any instinct.From the entry intuitionless
• Trump — and being telegenic does not necessarily mean having good policy or judgment or decision-making instincts.2024 July 22, James Poniewozik, “One Night of TV Canceled a President”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry telegenic
• As with all mammals, the survival instinct is innate in humans.2021, Martin Luntig, Survival Instinct. From the entry survival instinct
• Trump may be a Schmittian by instinct and aspiration, but he’s a fair-weather Schmittian only.2020 April 14, Quinta Jurecic, Benjamin Wittes, “Being an Actual Authoritarian Is Too Much Work for Trump”, in The Atlantic, archived from…. From the entry authoritarian
• For centuries, welldiggers had looked for groundwater and divined where to dig guided by instinct alone.2017, Orhan Pamuk, The Red-Haired Woman: A novel. From the entry welldigger
• Bujalski has perfect pitch: an instinct for how language meanders, and the lacunae it circles around.2015, Sophia Nguyen, “Mumblecore's Maestro: The perfect pitch of filmmaker Andrew Bujalski”, in Harvard Magazine, September-October 2015. From the entry perfect pitch
• Steve went against his copwise instincts and entered the building anyway.2015, Billy Van, Dead of Night. From the entry copwise
• Therefore, their first instinct is to welcome the "whitebacks” from south of the border.2011, Philip J. Romero, Your Macroeconomic Edge, page 69. From the entry whiteback
• The Prof embraces pure logic without the “messiness” of emotion or instinct.2010, Meryl Runion, How to Restore Sanity to Our Political Conversations. From the entry brainlet
• A long list of thinkers, both believers and nonbelievers, have posited something like an innate religious instinct.2009 February 28, Peter Steinfels, “Scandanavian Nonbelievers, Which Is Not to Say Atheists”, in The New York Times, archived from the…. From the entry believer
• His bruises from the fight did funny things to her womanly instincts.2004, Emma Holly, Strange Attractions, →ISBN, page 265. From the entry jump someone's bones
• This is a primitive survival instinct to guard against predators and potential danger.2004, Irfan Ahmad, Digital and Conventional Dental Photography, page 72. From the entry survival instinct
• My instincts told me he was exaggerating, but I had little personal experience with bicentenarians.2003, Sean P. Fodera, “Attached Please Find My Novel”, in Julie E. Czerneda, editor, Space Inc., DAW Books, page 184. From the entry bicentenarian
• I have nothing to lose should my instincts turn out to be dead wrong.2001 February, Melinda Marshall, “You Gotta Have Friends”, in Myrna Blyth, editor, Ladies’ Home Journal, New York, N.Y.: Meredith…. From the entry sniff test
• All the talk and analysis was intended to outline the parameters of our instincts."1997 October 29, James R. Oestreich, “Juilliard Quartet's Musical Chairs; Sounding Board for the New, Strings Attached to the Old”, in The…. From the entry call an audible
• Instinct tells them that that's the way to get the board on edge.1991, Peter Shelton, “New Tools”, in The Snow Skier’s Bible, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 209. From the entry heel turn
• Lucas’s first instinct was to give her a hug and assure her that everything was all right.1990, Pat Tracy, chapter 2, in Tiger by the Tail, New York, N.Y.: Silhouette Books, →ISBN, page 23. From the entry unniecely
• In that respect the popular clamor for "smashing" the rebels was based on sound if oversanguine instinct.1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford, published 2003, page 335. From the entry oversanguine
• A similar instinct for self-preservation was the cause of my first lie.1975, Bertrand Russell, chapter 1, in Autobiography. From the entry bramble
• To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.1974 August 8, Richard Nixon, 2:00 from the start, in Richard Nixon's resignation speech, CBSN. From the entry quitter
• In the last year instinct has told them to forget the Americana.1971 July 26, Gail Sheehy, “Wide Open City/Part I: The New Breed”, in New York, volume 4, number 30, New York, N.Y.: NYM Corporation…. From the entry prommy
• Most sophonts indeed possess basic instincts which diverge more or less from man's.1966, Poul Anderson, Trouble Twisters. From the entry sophont
• The qulis guided us by instinct, stumbling on through alternating blackness and evilly glaring light.1961, Henry Gibbs, The Hills of India. From the entry quli
• Whether by instinct, as in Boston, or by psychological testing, as in St.1951, Howard Whitman, Terror in the streets, page 351. From the entry Javert
• On instinct, AE tries one last time to reach the ship.1937, Laura Annawyn Shamas, Amelia Lives, A One-Act Play, The Dramatic Publishing Company, page 43. From the entry downspin
• Our senses, our instincts, our intellections are all instruments of adaptation.1934, R. V. Feldman, “The Metaphysics of Wonder and Surprise”, in Philosophy, volume 9, number 34, page 210. From the entry intellection
• There is something about virgin sand which arouses all the worst instincts of the detective-story writer.1932, Dorothy L Sayers, chapter 1, in Have his Carcase. From the entry virgin
• Instinct rather than reason came to my help; he was a Beadle; I was a woman.1929 September, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own, uniform edition, London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, […]…. From the entry beadle
• To love life and to bacchanalize living are two separate instincts.1923, Walter Sydney Sichel, The sands of time: recollections and reflections, page 239. From the entry bacchanalize

Meaning of instinct

1. noun A natural or inherent impulse or behaviour.
2. noun An intuitive reaction not based on rational conscious thought.
3. adjective Imbued, charged (with something).

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Questions about instinct in a sentence

How do you use instinct in a sentence?

Instinct is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “Many animals fear fire by instinct.”

What is a short sentence with instinct?

“Debbie's instinct was to distrust John.”

What does instinct mean?

Instinct means a natural or inherent impulse or behaviour.