baser

Example Sentences

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But it can also enhance our baser instincts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

But it also quite consciously plays to the baser side of us that takes cold comfort, even joy, at the miseries of the hyperwealthy.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

When they try to save guinea pigs from an animal testing lab, though, their baser instincts take over and Snake ends up swallowing the poor creatures instead of freeing them.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

Bizarre as all of this is, Ackman’s self-promotion has obscured a perhaps far baser motivation for attacking Harvard.

From Slate • Dec. 14, 2023

And it seemed to Tyrion that the gold and silver and platinum links far outnumbered those of baser metals.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin