maternal instinct in a sentence

Examples

1. Jamie was very good at assuming an innocent expression that appealed to people's maternal instincts.
2. Betty's maternal instincts soon are replaced by the erotic.
3. What Foster did get was a chance to put her maternal instincts to the test.
4. Does the stimulus somehow tie in to maternal instinct?
5. But the call ended abruptly, provoking her maternal instinct.
6. A popular argument was also that the perceived maternal instincts of women made them better educators.
7. "Maternal instincts " were generally scorned by iconoclastic Bloomsbury; they are one of Vanessa's strong suits.
8. Nancy's maternal instinct kicks in and she refuses.
9. I thought maternal instinct came with the baby.
10. The author said her maternal instincts were awakened because three of her best friends are pregnant.