instinct
Example Sentences
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"I noticed he was more tired, not playing as much and my instinct was right."
From BBC
"But you cannot run legislation and courts by instincts of revenge."
From BBC
The immediate instinct is to ask what went wrong — but that misses the point.
From MarketWatch
His first instinct was to sprint home to his grandfather.
From Literature
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For all that, he had good taste, or at least an instinct for what would last.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.