On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Instinctive. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as natural or spontaneous and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Instinctive meaning
- Related to or prompted by instinct.
- Driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking.
Synonyms of Instinctive
Using Instinctive
- The main meaning on this page is: Related to or prompted by instinct. | Driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking.
- Useful related words include: natural, spontaneous, self-generated.
- In the example corpus, instinctive often appears in combinations such as: an instinctive, instinctive and, the instinctive.
Context around Instinctive
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Instinctive
- In this selection, "instinctive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, brilliant, inherent, chaotic, player, lob and desperate stand out and add context to how "instinctive" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a brilliant instinctive lob over and an instinctive over the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "instinctive" sits close to words such as acuity, ademola and albans, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with instinctive
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Root never had that instinctive feel for the game as captain:. (11 words)
So I needed a simple gaze with its own inherent, instinctive aesthetic. (12 words)
It was instinctive to protect those closest and to evacuate everyone else. (12 words)
Downing Street’s handling of the row had uncomfortable echoes of the dying days of Boris Johnson’s premiership for some Tory MPs, with the instinctive reaction to double down and tough it out rather than facing up to the inevitable consequences. (42 words)
Davies said: “From Jay’s point of view, he scored a real striker’s finish on the first one, instinctive rebound and then the second goal you have to give credit to Cochrane but not an easy chance on that angle. (41 words)
His confidence was boosted further by his maiden Everton goal – a brilliant instinctive lob over Bournemouth goalkeeper Neto – in only his third appearance in which the wise words of Lampard probably played some part. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Havertz, a more creative and instinctive player, should add movement and guile where his predecessor brought presence.
His confidence was boosted further by his maiden Everton goal – a brilliant instinctive lob over Bournemouth goalkeeper Neto – in only his third appearance in which the wise words of Lampard probably played some part.
It was an instinctive, desperate attempt to keep the score level as the monumental contest at then-Banc of California Stadium closed in on deciding penalty kicks.
Piroe will have the striker whisperer in his ear in training, but that instinctive, deft finish will do more than anything else for his morale going into the international break.
Root never had that instinctive feel for the game as captain:.
So I needed a simple gaze with its own inherent, instinctive aesthetic.
The Wanderers youngster secured the result eight minutes from time with an instinctive finish after Jay McLelland’s effort had been saved by Ollie Byrne.
A long, high-effort pass rusher, Elliss displays quick and instinctive initial movements as a two-way rusher who can fit, rework and leverage his physical hands.
An instinctive over-the-shoulder equaliser against St Mirren in Paisley on Wednesday night was Shankland’s 30th club goal of season 2023/24.
But we do our general play to get us into position to create and score a goal, but we didn’t look as clinical or instinctive as we should be.
Davies said: “From Jay’s point of view, he scored a real striker’s finish on the first one, instinctive rebound and then the second goal you have to give credit to Cochrane but not an easy chance on that angle.
Downing Street’s handling of the row had uncomfortable echoes of the dying days of Boris Johnson’s premiership for some Tory MPs, with the instinctive reaction to double down and tough it out rather than facing up to the inevitable consequences.
He describes the heart as the locus of desire, the place where important decisions take place uniting the rational and instinctive aspects of the person.
His previous presidency was, in fact, marked by chaotic, instinctive stabs in the direction of whatever target presented itself – or was presented to him by those seeking to influence his decisions.
Horvath is the more instinctive runner and has dramatically improved as a passer, according to Jasper.
It was instinctive to protect those closest and to evacuate everyone else.
Pureprofile’s AI-driven video survey capabilities elevate market research by appealing to our innate human need for interactive and engaging experiences, thereby making their feedback even more genuine, instinctive and emotive.
Such vast discrepancies are most effectively maintained when they are rationalized and justified according to certain instinctive and ideological sensibilities.
The first, at Rovers, an instinctive close-range header from a perfect Mustapha Carayol cross, while the second against the Bees had an element of comedy about it.
The flinch was instinctive as the first crack sounded around Butler's showgrounds.
Common combinations with instinctive
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an instinctive 23×
- instinctive and 11×
- the instinctive 8×
- and instinctive 7×
- is instinctive 5×
- instinctive to 4×
- of instinctive 4×
- as instinctive 4×
- instinctive as 3×
- more instinctive 3×