primal

Example Sentences

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Forget protests, they’re more of a massive primal scream therapy session.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Verstappen would like F1 to change the rules, but that is because he has a fundamental, almost primal, objection to what they have done to the cars.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

As he nestles into its body, we see the primal need most animals, including humans, have for touch, for embrace.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

As societies emerged, we began to develop egos, those brittle parts of our selves taxed with negotiating between our primal urges and the constraints of a civilized order.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Something dark and primal welled in Frankie’s gaze.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros