primeval

Example Sentences

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With a single, in-block cam, one timing chain and two valves per cylinder, Godzilla is so primitive it’s practically primeval.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

This small companion galaxy is more primeval than the Milky Way in that it possesses fewer heavy elements, which are forged in stars through nuclear fusion and supernova explosions, compared to our own galaxy.

From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2023

The primeval compulsion inside him that he can’t name flares.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2023

They sang a song of praise and fertility as we walked amid a primeval panorama of mountain ranges and a dazzling rainbow arcing toward our ultimate point, the Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023

He skittered between obstacles like a primeval creature who had outwitted the modern world.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead