How to Use inherent in a Sentence

inherent

adjective
  • He has an inherent sense of fair play.
  • But more guns in stores and in the home brings its own set of inherent risks.
    Priya Krishnakumar, CNN, 30 Jan. 2022
  • The other was the inherent bias that was already in the system.
    Samantha Barry, Glamour, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Sailors are acutely aware of the inherent risks of their sport.
    Roxanna Scott, USA TODAY, 29 May 2017
  • The impulse to choose sides is inherent in our species.
    Madeleine Albright, Time, 15 Jan. 2021
  • There is an inherent sweetness to all of the characters, and to the show.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2023
  • But for me, braids were an inherent go-to for the summer.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The first is moral—there is inherent good in being able to pick schools.
    The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
  • The main problem is the sound leakage inherent to the on-ear design.
    Wired, 15 Oct. 2019
  • He was also drawn to the comfort inherent in round forms.
    Diana Budds, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2019
  • This is the only proven and practical way to weed out the flaws inherent to the training process.
    Samir Hassan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The pitted and marred shape feels closer to the inherent beauty of nature.
    Matthew Bourbon, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Kalashnikov seems to be aware of at least some of the problems inherent in walkers.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2018
  • There’s an inherent bias in the air that says the thinner and whiter, the better and safer person to shoot.
    Lindsay Peoples, The Cut, 28 Feb. 2018
  • There is somewhat of an inherent risk if someone is not a clean fit in the system.
    Scott Patsko, cleveland, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Yet that task was contrived to show a speedup and was of no inherent interest.
    Quanta Magazine, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Still, there’s a tension inherent in the video’s premise.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2018
  • There’s an inherent risk involved in leading the pack of a race from start to finish.
    Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The onesie is a tougher call because of its inherent fit problems.
    Elizabeth Wellington, Philly.com, 30 May 2018
  • Is there something about sports films where those things are inherent?
    James Brown, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2022
  • In many cultures math is not seen as an inherent trait that only some are good at.
    Michael Muthukrishna, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2023
  • This makes improv the only art form in which lack of consent is inherent.
    Peter-John Byrnes, Chicago Reader, 20 Dec. 2017
  • The public just has an inherent right to know how their tax dollars are being spent.
    Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Jan. 2018
  • There’s an inherent lack of self-trust in a lot of criticism.
    Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Apr. 2023
  • There are many things in the beginning that have an inherent humor.
    Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2023
  • And, then, of course, there's the question inherent in the title of the show: who will take over?
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 10 Apr. 2023
  • All of us that are playing the game understand that there are inherent risks that come along with playing the game.
    Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • That blunts the tension once inherent in a piece designed as a call to artistic action.
    Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2021
  • And with those inherent advantages, the rest of the app being merely okay might be good enough.
    Chaim Gartenberg, The Verge, 24 June 2019
  • But there’s a risk inherent in that; more data in more places means more things can go wrong.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 29 Mar. 2023

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