"We have an instinctive need for materials that provide a few hours of quiet and serenity in our hectic lives," she said.

An ant may feel the vague instinctive need to wall out the sunlight.

His instinctive need had risen high, triggered by my struggles.

Because of what he was, the instinctive need to protect her was strong.

Humans are herd animals with an instinctive need to belong to groups, and personal development can only take place in an interpersonal context.

Johanna felt an instinctive need to protect May from any discomfort he might inadvertently cause her.

Then, like a migratory bird, I felt the instinctive need to come back here to nest and start a family.

She hadn't meant to look back, but an instinctive need to know the worst drew her eyes.

The tickling started in the base of his throat, the instinctive need to breathe.

She spoke without thinking, without plan or any real purpose beyond the deep, instinctive need.