INNATE in a Sentence

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Pearl's inevitable tendency to hover about the enigma of the scarlet letter seemed an innate quality of her being.

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 Meanings and Examples of INNATE
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innate
 a.  possessed at birth; inborn
Classic Sentence:
1  For through his innate stupidity the latter looks upon his revenge as justice pure and simple; while in consequence of his acute consciousness the mouse does not believe in the justice of it.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: III
2  Man's actions proceed from his innate character and the motives acting upon him.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 17: CHAPTER VIII
3  Pearl's inevitable tendency to hover about the enigma of the scarlet letter seemed an innate quality of her being.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XV. HESTER AND PEARL
4  Susan, who had an innate taste for the genteel and well-appointed, was eager to hear, and Fanny could not but indulge herself in dwelling on so beloved a theme.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
5  When they are gone you must fall back upon your own innate strength, upon your own capacity for faithfulness.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In II
Example Sentence:
1  All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
2  Your diligent combined with your innate talent indicates a dynamic future.
3  Cyril's most impressive quality was his innate goodness.
4  Americans have an innate sense of fairness.
5  He never lost his innate sense of fun.
6  Her color photographs describe a special kind of aristocrat, one with innate dignity and nobility.
7  Mozart's parents soon recognized young Wolfgang's innate talent for music.