"driven by instincts" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used whenever one wants to describe someone or something as acting or behaving based on their natural and innate instincts. Example: The wolf pack was constantly on the move, driven by instincts to hunt for their next meal.
Even the salmon responded, driven by instincts known only to their own kind.
Any attempt to introduce genuine EU democracy today would be resisted again by governments driven by instincts of self-preservation.
Writing in today's Observer, Clegg says that while his party's approach to tax is "about lowering, not increasing, tax bills for millions of hard-working families" the Conservatives are driven by instincts "that prevent them from asking anything more from the very wealthy, even as people on lower incomes feel the pinch".
The earthly ego, driven by instincts and desires, tends to be preoccupied with emotions.
Sat.1, a broadcaster, is "powered by emotion"; Audi, a carmaker, "driven by instinct".
I am not implying that we are driven by instinct in the manner of animals.
Later, Sandberg would tell people that Facebook was a company driven by instinct and human relationships.
Mr Mack was the investment banker's investment banker: a charismatic former bond salesman driven by instinct as well as analysis.
An ancient creature driven by instinct, it forages for food along the coast from Louisiana to Florida, in the path of the slick.
For the hairdresser Eugene Souleiman, Mr. McQueen was a designer driven by instinct and so single-minded that he routinely conducted five preliminary fittings for every fashion show.
He is driven by instinct, considers matrimony a loose commitment and struggles with his degenerate lifestyle and inner demons: a devil in need of redemption.
