innate

Example Sentences

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“It’s something innate and inevitable, and ‘Agridulce’ really explores that beautifully.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Galthie, a deep thinker who reads philosophy and classical literature, has admitted he believes in an innate French characteristic, to fight hardest and best when pushed to the brink.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Instead of being concerned with product placement, they had an innate understanding of what their office symbolizes and demands.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2026

“What I didn’t love about fashion was there was an innate snobbiness,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

I think I see what Keegan is getting at—humans have innate impulses toward violence, yet today we try to deny it—but the momentum of his presentation pushes in the other direction.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker