How to Use instinctive in a Sentence

instinctive

adjective

• Cats have an instinctive desire to hunt.
• Maybe the surest and most instinctive tackler on the team.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
• New Browns S John Johnson is viewed as one of the smartest, instinctive safeties in the league.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 15 Mar. 2021
• Thank God, Stranger Things has trained me to shut my mouth more than is instinctive for me.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 16 Dec. 2022
• Samuel is instinctive and savvy enough to stay on top of receivers and make plays on any pass thrown his way.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2021
• It’s just instinctive; she was born with a gift for X-ray vision that way.
  — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 23 Aug. 2021
• The instinctive Moon is zipping through your 9th House of Learning, giving you a bird's eye view of the world.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 1 Mar. 2022
• For many of us, the rejection of G.M.O.s is instinctive.
  — New York Times, 20 July 2021
• The instinctive human need to tell stories lives on, as does the desire to hear or see those tales and pass them along.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• And coughing can be an instinctive response to try to moisten the mouth.
  — Jessica Migala, Women's Health, 15 Apr. 2023
• An instinctive playmaker with good ball skills is what the Ravens need in the deep secondary.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 29 Apr. 2021
• Collins is instinctive in coverage and takes the ball away at a high level.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2021
• With the Wizards, he was known as The Genius for his attention to detail and his instinctive feel for the game.
  — New York Times, 1 Nov. 2021
• The penguins, on the other hand, just keep doing their instinctive thing.
  — Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2023
• But Davis boasts a balanced skill set and has proven to be a highly instinctive runner.
  — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2023
• The idea of chip sovereignty has an instinctive appeal.
  — Rakesh Kumar, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2022
• The idea seems to be to first have the actors memorize the rhythm of the script, reducing it to an instinctive ebb and flow of sound rather than meaning.
  — Nina Li Coomes, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2022
• The night lamp, for instance, has become an instinctive reach.
  — Christian Cotroneo, Treehugger, 24 Aug. 2023
• Our brains are wired, at the core, to operate from an instinctive starting point.
  — Thomas Bradley Cox, Forbes, 11 May 2021
• For the instinctive architects of the new shelters, the idea is one of comfort and hygiene combined.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2021
• There’s an instinctive allure to want to bottle that magic and replicate it over and over.
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 19 Feb. 2024
• My mother-in-law has an instinctive hatred for dogs that seems like a phobia.
  — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2023
• In high school and college, Gorski had been a heady but instinctive player.
  — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 28 June 2022
• For those who grew up with the language of emojis, responding with a heart is instinctive and can feel fitting.
  — Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2022
• Despite her vast wealth and the public splendor that adorned her reign, the Queen had the instinctive prudence of a generation raised in a time of war.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2022
• Trump, who has an instinctive feel for the rhythms of cable television and social media, did it again this week.
  — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023
• The best way to bring out your locks' instinctive shape depends on your hair type: For wavy hair: Rake mousse through damp strands, and then place an old silk scarf on top of your head with the ends by your ears.
  — Grace Wade, Health.com, 18 Nov. 2021
• This is a big, long, instinctive corner, physical corner who’s played at a high level in the SEC.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 30 Aug. 2022
• Beauty elicits a deep, instinctive need to share — from an early age.
  — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 24 June 2022
• Detection should be rapid and instinctive — an instant response to a sight, sound or smell.
  — Tom Siegfried, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024