caveman
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
They knock people sideways before receding into the ocean of imagination that’s existed since the first caveman looked up at the stars and said, “Funny story about those.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
A good deal of human creativity, after all, comes from physical self-preservation — a caveman need only cut himself once on sharpened bone to see its use in hunting.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2024
"I gotta go into my cave and become a caveman," he told CBS news.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024
The lobby was conceived as a tunnel, carved out of solid rock, its sidewalls polished, the floor worn smooth, and the ceiling incised and decorated as a civilized caveman might have done it.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
When he was wrestling, he had this look, the intense stare of somebody who wants to beat you, sure, but more than that he wants to eat you, caveman style.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
