Examples of survival instinct in a Sentence
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Fear is the right response to danger—the emotional presentation of our survival instinct.
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Lydia Millet, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024
While today’s household cats have evolved socially to coexist with humans and other animals, much of their behavior remains motivated by survival instinct, and encroachment on their space may spark conflict.
—Colleen Grablick, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
So, even though it's been a miserably cold week, most animals out in the wild have been preparing for months and have more than enough resources and survival instinct to carry them through freezing temperatures.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2024
Leading its scraggly, malnourished crew is John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis from Persuasion), an English pilot with an irrepressible survival instinct.
—TIME, 7 Feb. 2024
Their survival instinct also serves to combat drought.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
Where overreliance on technology has destroyed civilization and all that’s left is ruthless survival instinct.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 28 July 2023
The latent fear is that the Celtics lose the survival instinct that has fueled five straight elimination-game victories this postseason.
—Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
Hallie Barnard says her survival instinct – and Taylor Swift – helped her through a cancer battle and rotationplasty.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 16 May 2023
Lydia Millet, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024
While today’s household cats have evolved socially to coexist with humans and other animals, much of their behavior remains motivated by survival instinct, and encroachment on their space may spark conflict.
—Colleen Grablick, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
So, even though it's been a miserably cold week, most animals out in the wild have been preparing for months and have more than enough resources and survival instinct to carry them through freezing temperatures.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2024
Leading its scraggly, malnourished crew is John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis from Persuasion), an English pilot with an irrepressible survival instinct.
—TIME, 7 Feb. 2024
Their survival instinct also serves to combat drought.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
Where overreliance on technology has destroyed civilization and all that’s left is ruthless survival instinct.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 28 July 2023
The latent fear is that the Celtics lose the survival instinct that has fueled five straight elimination-game victories this postseason.
—Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
Hallie Barnard says her survival instinct – and Taylor Swift – helped her through a cancer battle and rotationplasty.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 16 May 2023
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“Survival instinct.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/survival%20instinct. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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