How to Use innate in a Sentence

innate

adjective
  • She has an innate sense of rhythm.
  • They’re styled by a stylist, and nothing is innate.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Something my father gave me is an innate sense of faith and trust.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2022
  • For most nurses, the urge to care for and tend to others is innate.
    — chicagotribune.com, 16 Nov. 2021
  • There’s an innate thing in any teenager of wanting to run away.
    — Megan Vick, Variety, 22 June 2026
  • And so some of his wisdom is innate, and then some of it is also learned.
    — Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2021
  • So was the idea that a person’s innate skills could be linked with a career.
    — Kurt L. Schmoke, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025
  • That, and a great striker’s innate knowledge of where the goal was.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2020
  • Many people think that charisma is an innate trait.
    — Vanessa Van Edwards, CNBC, 14 June 2026
  • Yorgos, an innate performer, sings love songs in small clubs at night.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026
  • That is the innate nature of our people.
    — Richard B. Williams, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Trudy always brought a smile to all who knew her with her quick wit and innate kindness.
    — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 12 July 2018
  • This is an innate law of the universe which can never be broken.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2017
  • 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
  • For some, the drive to protect people and the planet is innate.
    — Andi Cross, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • There is this primal, maternal, innate need to save him and to save them.
    — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2024
  • His eye at the plate was refined sooner, but that was not innate, either.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Part of Looney’s court awareness is rooted in an innate feel for the game.
    — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 26 Jan. 2021
  • What may seem innate to you as a founder might not be obvious to each member of your team.
    — Sean Cantwell, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The extent to which songs are learned or innate is a cutting-edge question to this day.
    — Simon Barnes, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
  • That’s the other thing, this game takes a while to reveal its innate goodness.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Her artistry is innate, a purpose she was meant to cultivate.
    — Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The script had an innate realism.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • And now you’re being called to trust that value is innate, even before the check clears.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 17 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Fish produce the same opioids—the body’s innate painkillers—that mammals do.
    — Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian, 8 Jan. 2018
  • This is far from the first time that Adam Brody has praised his wife's innate goodness.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove vibe with your innate warmth.
    — Catherine Urban, Bon Appétit, 1 Dec. 2019
  • And the secret to their success isn’t innate talent.
    — Harvard Business Review, 21 Apr. 2026
  • And with a close relative, there can be an innate sense of trust and transparency.
    — Hannah Baggenstoss, STAT, 6 Oct. 2022

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