animalistic
Example Sentences
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“Second Skin” is more sociological than sexy; more anthropological than animalistic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
Mr. Sturridge is almost animalistic and at times absurdly funny in delineating Mat’s sudden and obsessive love; it seems to draw him to Anna with an almost overpowering force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
Some take animalistic forms, looking like out-of-control piñatas.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
Sigmund Freud thought smell related to animalistic behavior and was relevant in humans mostly in terms of behavioral pathology.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2025
Her breath was ragged, animalistic, the opposite of pretty.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
