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

According to your predilection, this designation will seem either a contradiction in terms or a natural state of affairs …

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

National park status means that the area will be set aside for preservation of the natural environment, ensuring that most of the landscapes and accompanying plants and animals are kept in their natural state.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024

Before them people believed Aristotle, who said that the natural state of a body was to be at rest and that it moved only if driven by a force or impulse.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking