baser

Example Sentences

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But it can also enhance our baser instincts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

But it also quite consciously plays to the baser side of us that takes cold comfort, even joy, at the miseries of the hyperwealthy.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

“Atavists” focuses on social acuity and awareness, but also how our baser natures exert themselves today: Trudy obsesses over an old friend’s posts on social media.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025

When they try to save guinea pigs from an animal testing lab, though, their baser instincts take over and Snake ends up swallowing the poor creatures instead of freeing them.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

And it seemed to Tyrion that the gold and silver and platinum links far outnumbered those of baser metals.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin