in one's blood
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Perhaps then, being an author is just in one's blood.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2022
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 H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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
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
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 Bennet Copplestone
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