instinct

Example Sentences

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Don’t run because it could trigger the animal’s chase instinct.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

I fell for it outside of hummus in a tahini-miso ranch from Bon Appétit that I now make on instinct, and since then, it’s found its way into everything.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

He said: "My first instinct is that it's a hoax message or she'd been hacked."

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

When a 19-year-old college student loses a bet, the instinct is rarely to walk away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

It bothered him, like a sand grain in the eye of his scientific instinct.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee