natural state
Example Sentences
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One cannot avoid squabbling, she wrote, because it constitutes “the natural state of people pitted against each other, helplessly furious people.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
I’ve met enough artists who say, “I feel totally myself onstage,” to know that there’s a natural state in which people feel comfortable up there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2025
According to your predilection, this designation will seem either a contradiction in terms or a natural state of affairs …
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2025
It’s about the belief that hierarchy, submission and obedience are the natural state of the world.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2025
This alteration from its natural state is what makes it a secondary forest.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
