Used in a Sentence

instinctive

How to use instinctive in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for instinctive.

Editorial note

Not the instinctive fear of death, but the constant worrying.

Examples10
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct; "a cat's natural aversion to water"; "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of instinctive gathered in one view.

adjective

unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct; "a cat's natural aversion to water"; "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for instinctive.

adjective

unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct; "a cat's natural aversion to water"; "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing"

Example sentences

1

Not the instinctive fear of death, but the constant worrying.

2

Sometimes people have something real, but it's instinctive and they haven't yet sharpened or polished it.

3

We might not be consciously weighing profit and loss, but on a subconscious or instinctive level, we are.

4

It took me something like eight months, but when I was done I had an instinctive grasp of computers and mathematics that many of my college classmates still don't have.

5

The fundamental code which scrolls the screen about, renders the sprites and moves the objects around the screen will be something he's written so many times it's instinctive.

6

We have an instinctive aversion to radioactivity, because it's strange and invisible, but it's just energy.

7

Even if we can't help instinctive, irrational fear or bias, most people can acknowledge the irrational nature of their opinions and still intellectually acknowledge the true nature of the news.

8

It comes from, and speaks to people who share, a deep instinctive bias towards a metaphysical theory of consciousness - presumably because a purely physical model would be considered too mundane.

9

With the annoying proliferation of camera phones, I assure you that getting laid is not the only pleasurable leisure activity that seemingly everyone has a nearly instinctive desire to record and watch.

10

The same article speculates that even though several sound alerts might have been triggered - including a sound alerting of "Dual Input" -, the stress situation makes them insufficient: [...] in the circumstances identified as triggering instinctive responses the value of such alerts is degraded due to the inevitable attentional tunnelling that operators experience in high stress situations.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use instinctive in a sentence?

Not the instinctive fear of death, but the constant worrying.

What does instinctive mean?

unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct; "a cat's natural aversion to water"; "offering to help was as instinctive as breathing"

What part of speech is instinctive?

instinctive is commonly used as adjective.