primal

Example Sentences

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Forget protests, they’re more of a massive primal scream therapy session.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Verstappen would like F1 to change the rules, but that is because he has a fundamental, almost primal, objection to what they have done to the cars.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

As he nestles into its body, we see the primal need most animals, including humans, have for touch, for embrace.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Wrestling strips life’s complications down to primal conflicts, and few wrestlers embodied this approach as famously, and forebodingly, as Hulk Hogan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

But there’s also something more primal, something more defensive in their disgust. l am what they fear becoming.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan