Sentence examples for lacking an instinct from inspiring English sources

Because lionfish are not common in the Atlantic, the ocean's ecosystem is particularly vulnerable, with native fish lacking an instinct to keep away from them.

Galápagos wildlife is famous for lacking an instinct to flee human presence.

DEADHEADS may not lack an instinct to gather, but they do require a good reason for doing so.

Over time, I've made peace with the blond beauties of my childhood, and see that they have some essential qualities she lacked: an instinct for self-preservation, an ability to laugh through the worst of it, toughness and self-respect — these might have helped Farrah Fawcett get by after her beauty faded and the crowd moved on.

Does he lack a killer instinct?

But so far, they have lacked a killer instinct.

Elmer himself lacks a killer instinct when it comes to competing; his wise counsel is just what is needed on sports day.

Trying desperately to spark change, Kendall Gill had challenged his Nets teammates over the past two days, saying that some of them lacked a killer instinct, that too many of them crumbled during the tense moments of a game.

But somehow the Lakers found the missing element from their fairy-tale season, the one thing they needed to erase the perception that they lacked a killer instinct: the hammer, a fourth-quarter performance so dominating that nothing could be left to chance in a deciding game on Wednesday.

No team scored as many points against the Lakers this season, and the nature of the loss prompted veteran Los Angeles guard Ron Harper, a member of three championship teams with the Bulls, to say the Lakers played absolutely no defense and lacked a killer instinct.

You don't want to have to look back and say, 'Well if I would've worked harder.' " Newman is not one of those Nets who lacks a killer instinct, so he is often on the floor during the fourth quarter.