instincts
Example Sentences
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Maybe someday, Roth will temper his empty-calories instincts and make more of a meal out of his twisted ideas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
It was not as though the open air of a farmers market was going to cure my base shopping instincts.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
"Fiction isn't inventing new emotions in you. It's pressing on those pre-existing motivations like instincts."
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The album revels in baser instincts too, almost in defiance of the sweetly bashful “Bad Habit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
And just like their instincts to reach higher ground and to fight to stay awake, they knew now that they had to get moving.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
