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

But an authoritarian government is neither a natural state nor an inevitability.

From Slate • Sep. 27, 2025

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

Does it mean you think your hair in its natural state is not beautiful?

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon