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
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 Pater, Walter
And one knows it all in one's blood, it is pure, sun-dried memory.
From Twilight in Italy by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
One can't shake off a thing in one's blood.
From The Passionate Friends by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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