How to Use innate in a Sentence

innate

adjective
Definition of innatenext
Synonyms for innatenext
  • She has an innate sense of rhythm.
  • The innate immune system has already taken care of the infection.
    — Sara Reardon, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Recognize that some degree of curiosity is innate, but it can also be learned.
    — Bernie Malinoff, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
  • But this innate talent was treated as an affront, rather than a gift, by a family that could have used her to burnish its own stolid image.
    — John Anderson, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Identifying who can pass as white is an act of obsession, and while race may be a social construct, obsession is innate.
    — Nylah Burton, refinery29.com, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Storytelling is an innate human ability, honed through thousands of years of human evolution.
    — Mike Swigunski, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Nottage’s sense of story may be innate, but her characters’ complexity stems from her deep commitment to research.
    — Susan Dominus Photographs By Joshua Kissi Styled By Ian Bradley Sasha Weiss Photographs By Collier Schorr Styled By Jay Massacret Megan O’Grady Portrait By Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont Ligaya Mishan Photographs By Tina Barney, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2021
  • With the influx of information, experts say parents forget their innate abilities.
    — Lynda Lin Grigsby, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Sunday's VMAs sparked heated discussions about the innate star power — or lack thereof — of the new crop of potential stars.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • According to Meyer, Costabile’s innate talent made editing Wags easy.
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Part of the philosophy of absurdism is that humans have an innate desire for meaning, which comes into conflict with the fact that there is no deeper meaning in the world, nothing to tell us what to do or how to live.
    — Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Most everything has its origin point, even the songwriting of James Taylor, whose innate, purposeful beauty evokes gliding seabirds or swimming fish.
    — Nathan Rizzo | Special To The Oregonian, oregonlive, 7 Oct. 2021
  • During early infection, N is reported to play an important role in the suppression of innate immunity.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
  • A lot of us aren't born with innate style, and that's okay.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 5 May 2023
  • In the face of such evil, there is an innate call to action.
    — Kayla Bartsch, National Review, 13 Aug. 2019
  • That, and a great striker’s innate knowledge of where the goal was.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2020
  • For most nurses, the urge to care for and tend to others is innate.
    — chicagotribune.com, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The best footballers have an innate ability to read a play and be in the right place at the right time.
    — Chuck Squatriglia, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2012
  • Part of Looney’s court awareness is rooted in an innate feel for the game.
    — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 26 Jan. 2021
  • This is far from the first time that Adam Brody has praised his wife's innate goodness.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 25 Sep. 2024
  • In part because of our innate desire to make sense of chaos.
    — Time, 17 Apr. 2021
  • The innate immune system is the very first line of defense.
    — Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Andrea Kane, CNN, 2 Aug. 2020
  • And so some of his wisdom is innate, and then some of it is also learned.
    — Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2021
  • That innate feeling of being trapped in a female body tugged at the back of my mind.
    — Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Something my father gave me is an innate sense of faith and trust.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The extent to which songs are learned or innate is a cutting-edge question to this day.
    — Simon Barnes, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Fish produce the same opioids—the body’s innate painkillers—that mammals do.
    — Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Trudy always brought a smile to all who knew her with her quick wit and innate kindness.
    — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 12 July 2018
  • Now imagine the same scene, but without any of the body’s innate responses to an external threat.
    — R Douglas Fields, WIRED, 29 Sep. 2024
  • But an already classic performer opted for 11 classic gems (and two new tunes), again showcasing her chameleonic tsunami of a voice and innate flair for drama.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024

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