animalistic

Example Sentences

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Now, in the week running up to the Six Nations, he's talking in animalistic terms again.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Mr. Sturridge is almost animalistic and at times absurdly funny in delineating Mat’s sudden and obsessive love; it seems to draw him to Anna with an almost overpowering force.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

Each year, those firms become more intelligent and more omniscient about the markets, while the market mob becomes more animalistic and less focused on risks taken in pursuit of rewards.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

Potrykus makes a psychologically revealing meal out of every nervous interjection of Derek’s until they become animalistic and eventually sorrowful.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

I scream, a sound of pure animalistic rage, and before I know it tears are running down my cheeks, my pain and frustration a living thing.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland