natural state
Example Sentences
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As a heat wave dries Germany's rivers, government ministers are at odds over what to do about it -- re-engineer the waterways or restore them to their natural state.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Even under Justinian law, though, a slave was property, and if freedom was a natural state, it wasn’t necessarily a permanent one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
It’s about the belief that hierarchy, submission and obedience are the natural state of the world.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2025
Other efforts to restore the watershed to a more natural state will continue for several years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2024
The natural state of things is coldness, and houses are fragile havens, holdouts in a death landscape, unforgettably comfortable, simple though they are, just because of their warmth.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
