animalistic

Example Sentences

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I'm talking about the audience as well — to ponder about these things, and be prepared, because when a critical moment comes it is the animalistic side that will pop out first.

From Salon

There’s something primal and animalistic about the music Carucci makes too.

From Los Angeles Times

She recounts how wolves are described as vengeful murderers when they kill livestock inside a farmer’s fences; and she writes about how people who cross borders are described in animalistic terms as a feared other.

From Washington Post

“Lonesome” demonstrates a mature use of sex in cinema, a treatment that communicates narrative purpose without diminishing sex’s animalistic, physical side.

From New York Times

"He would jokingly play it off as some kind of ultra manly animalistic caveman brain being activated before he was fully awake," Dakota said.

From BBC