Synonym: inherent aptitude, instinct, replete. Similar words: distinct, distinctive, distinction, institution, institutional, in step, install, against. Meaning: ['ɪnstɪŋkt] n. inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli. adj. (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated.
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61) Freud postulated that we all have a death instinct as well as a life instinct.
62) The sight of the helpless little boy aroused her maternal instinct.
63) My first instinct was to refuse, but later I reconsidered.
64) Then the pigeons flew into thick fog, and the famous homing instinct failed.
65) Some scientists thought that fight between the male animals headed up from their instinct.
66) Even at school, he showed he had an instinct for business.
67) When I saw the flames I acted on instinct and threw a blanket over them.
68) Pfeiffer was expected to be cast alongside Douglas in Basic Instinct.
69) I should've gone with my first instinct, which was not to do the interview.
70) He's got an instinct for survival in a tough job.
71) In my view, it's the herd instinct.
72) But Imelda Finnegan was astute, strong in instinct.
73) Our first instinct was to hit the dirt.
74) But this instinct increasingly leads to failure.
75) Pity probably, and an over-developed maternal instinct.
76) This, then, is what is meant by instinct.
77) Their purpose was supplanted by instinct.
78) Birds have an instinct to build nests.
79) I was whipped on against every natural instinct.
80) Our firm nurtures the killer instinct.
81) I was playing by pure instinct.
82) My immediate instinct for humor hid my own discomfort.
83) They had reached her door, and instinct took over.
84) But there is a herd instinct.
85) My first instinct was to lie about it.
86) A cat's natural instinct is to chase birds.
87) The resurgence of deathless poetic instinct did that.
88) I have a protective instinct toward you.
89) The natural instinct was to scuttle for shelter.
90) A strong maternal instinct takes over.
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