natural state
Example Sentences
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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
Even under Justinian law, though, a slave was property, and if freedom was a natural state, it wasn’t necessarily a permanent one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
First, pessimism is the natural state for any contemplations of peace in the Middle East.
From Slate • Oct. 10, 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
The natural state of things is coldness, and houses are fragile havens, holdouts in a death landscape, unforgettably comfortable, simple though they are, just because of their warmth.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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