Sentence examples for like a trait from inspiring English sources

Life spans, says James W. Vaupel, who directs the Laboratory of Survival and Longevity at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany, are nothing like a trait like height, which is strongly inherited.

One of the greatest myths is that character is like a trait — you're either a person of good character or you're a person of bad character, and there's little opportunity for the development of character over the course of one's life.

Confidence looks like a trait where pushing it too far can make it become a weakness.

In fact, the company's seeming eagerness to ink these sorts of deals almost seems like a trait encoded in the company's DNA considering its humble origins as a maker of white-label gadgets that other companies could slap their livery all over.

It seemed like a trait any good mother should have.

So because IQ can be thought of like a trait, in a similar way to personality, there's an aspect of it that's based on your genes and an aspect that's based on your environment.

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And some vipers, like rattlesnakes, try not to waste their weapon on the likes of us, a trait I can't help but admire.

It seems like empathy is a trait that society has given women because men didn't want it.

He has a pattern of discrimination against African Americans in his companies and has said things like "laziness is a trait in blacks".

Additionally, students highlighted the importance of collaboration in thinking like a scientist, a trait that has been emphasized as a core competency in Vision and Change (AAAS, 2011).