in one's blood
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Perhaps then, being an author is just in one's blood.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2022
In fact, to some of us, now in manhood, there is scarcely a greater pleasure of the senses than to gratify "the savage in one's blood," and lead a wild life in the woods.
From The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them by Charles Loring Brace
The influence of summer is like a poison in one's blood, with a sudden bewildered sickening of life and all things.
From Aesthetic Poetry by Walter Pater
Once one gets the virus in one's blood, it's likely to break out any time.
From The Tigress by Anne Warner
With the opening of the baseball season, the sporting urge stirs in one's blood and we turn to such books as "My Chess Career," by J.R.
From Love Conquers All by Gluyas Williams
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