raw

Example Sentences

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“The question going forward is whether he, or someone else, can shape that raw emotion into a movement.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

All three films celebrate highly dominant male protagonists who project raw power, aggression and emotional intensity.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has said he doesn’t want Brazil to become merely another exporter of raw materials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

There, he discovered that trans history in Colombia, arguably more than in the U.S., lives inside of people’s homes, raw in their stories — not just sitting neatly in an academic archive.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

I opened the box’s lid, shedding light on a scatter of trinkets—a tarnished silver chain, braided bits of human hair, a flour-sack doll rubbed raw by a child’s hands.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros