Sentence examples for fundamental instinct from inspiring English sources
They must understand that the fundamental instinct of men, even of decent men, is not to concede too much power.
Wanderlust, Davenport conceded, was a fundamental instinct which was typically "inhibited in intelligent adults of civilised peoples".
Culture is part of our biology, nurture is our nature, and the drive to learn is our most important and fundamental instinct.
As with other mammals, the fundamental instinct of the whale was to try to carry on breathing at all costs, even though this meant beaching to prevent itself from drowning.
The fundamental instincts and urges of our natures remain constant.
Everybody plays; this is one of the fundamental instincts of our species.
Human beings associate in societies because of a primeval need and fundamental instincts.
For all the measured civility and protective deference now routine at N.F.L. training camps, some of the fundamental instincts of the sport still emerge.
The fear is that the PRI's fundamental instincts remain the same: to shun openness in favour of media manipulation, to conflate public and private interests and to shield corrupt union bosses.
Theoretical speculation leads to the suspicion that there are two fundamental instincts which lie concealed behind the manifest ego-instincts and object-instincts: namely (a) Eros, the instinct which strives for ever closer union, and (b) the instinct of destruction, which leads toward the dissolution of what is living.
The one thing Frayn has never written is an autobiography; the confessional form would, I guess, betray a couple of his fundamental instincts - a guarded insistence on privacy and a feeling that he has always been making "Michael Frayn" up as he goes along.
