Sentence examples for instinctive like from inspiring English sources

My father, a devout convert to Catholicism, admired the effectiveness of the piece but was always convinced that it sounded like the work of a non-believer: that the word setting was melodic and dramatic (like Verdi's Requiem), but not religiously instinctive like, for example, Poulenc's penitential motets.

There's a saying in Jamaica where I'm from – "spirit tek" – that refers to having an instinctive liking for someone you don't even know.

As for America's attachment to Israel, it is odd that Pollack devotes a big chunk of his own book to explaining how nonstrategic factors, such as an instinctive liking for democracies and a sense of moral debt to the Jewish people, have shaped American policies.

Then I realized that the best way to know someone sometimes has nothing to do with long, intricate, well-researched questions, rather in allowing that person to shine through their own very instinctive likes and dislikes.

Their instinctive herd-like reaction was to imagine there was some big fall-out with Cameron.

Our appreciation of scent, Sophie insists, is instinctive -- like love, like hope.

When wise old heads like Franz Beckenbauer and Mattias Sammer give the verdicts "instinctive...just like Messi" (Beckenbauer) and "one of the best talents we've ever had" (Sammer), you know you're dealing with something special.

Still, it seems to evade the deep questions if we pretend hatred of oppression is instinctive among people we like.

He had a kind of instinctive intelligence, like a Bedouin tracker or a Cherokee scout.

He's an instinctive cook, like me: 'Throw 10 cloves of garlic in... no, actually, why not make it 15?

A more instinctive singer like Sylvan searches out the governing mood of a song or a cycle and channels it in an almost trancelike fashion.