in one's blood
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Perhaps then, being an author is just in one's blood.
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2022
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 can't shake off a thing in one's blood.
From The Passionate Friends by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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 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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