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
It’s about the belief that hierarchy, submission and obedience are the natural state of the world.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025
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
But other efforts to restore the watershed to a more natural state will continue for several years.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024
Gods in their natural state are about twenty feet tall, so I could just reach the edge of the seat if I stretched my arms.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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