natural state
Example Sentences
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One cannot avoid squabbling, she wrote, because it constitutes “the natural state of people pitted against each other, helplessly furious people.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
I’ve never needed to be told to keep my heart open while watching a film; that’s its natural state.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025
Other efforts to restore the watershed to a more natural state will continue for several years.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2024
It was painted white to protect the wood, but decades of Antarctic weather have returned it to its natural state.
From BBC • Oct. 13, 2024
All around me the happy atmosphere resumed its natural state.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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