in one's blood
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Perhaps then, being an author is just in one's blood.
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2022
When one has got the passion for the chase in one's blood, one cannot bide for long in a stuffy office.
From The Lost Naval Papers by Copplestone, Bennet
One can't shake off a thing in one's blood.
From The Passionate Friends by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
It was I who built up for her the dream pictures of England—the England of my childhood—the London which, once it is in one's blood, is there forever.
From I Walked in Arden by Crawford, Jack
One has a craving in one's blood, a craving roused, cut off from its redeeming and guiding emotional side.
From Ann Veronica, a modern love story by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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