instinctual
Example Sentences
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The displaced feeling that a process we’ve always been told is natural and instinctual is anything but.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
“The Drama” demands discomfort before defying it, making for a sophisticated viewing experience that questions our instinctual judgments.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026
That’s when something tightened, a brief, instinctual clam-closing and then loosening again just as fast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
“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
But he also knew that he was seeing something instinctual and primal taking hold of his penned dogs.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
