Sentence examples for instinct to play from inspiring English sources

We all have a natural instinct to play.

Analytical observers divined shock, fear, adoration, hysteria, and, for some, the instinct to play safe.

Opener Denly curtailed his natural attacking instinct to play a determined and patient innings.

Her actor's instinct to play opposite impulses against each other enhances an already skillfully articulated role.

Ryder contained his natural attacking instinct to play the anchor role within the partnership, showing admirable restraint particularly against the off-spin of Rob Keogh.

Although China provides North Korea with most of its food and energy, Kim has "shown no instinct to play the deferential role of a good Confucian young brother to his older neighbor," Nilsson-Wright noted.

Graham has always had the instincts to play to an audience, whether barflies or voters.

It takes a keen mind and sharp instincts to play defensive line for the Jets, and Michael Haynes wastes no time displaying both.

Culver, listed at 6 feet and 172 pounds, has good range, a strong arm — his fastball has been clocked at 95 miles per hour — and the instincts to play shortstop in the major leagues.

Hodgson also used Townsend alongside attackers Rooney, Daniel Sturridge and Danny Welbeck, the latter sacrificing his instincts to play more centrally by helping the team's cause on the left flank.

Groos's central argument, in The Play of Animals, was that mammals come into the world with instincts to play at the vary activities that they most need to develop in order to become effective adults.