animalistic

Example Sentences

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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

Each year, those firms become more intelligent and more omniscient about the markets, while the market mob becomes more animalistic and less focused on risks taken in pursuit of rewards.

From Barron's

We hear another animalistic roar in the distance, but not as distant as it was last time.

From Literature

“The moment that this starts becoming chaotic — like animalistic — we’re gone,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Sigmund Freud thought smell related to animalistic behavior and was relevant in humans mostly in terms of behavioral pathology.

From Salon