animalistic
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Now, in the week running up to the Six Nations, he's talking in animalistic terms again.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
“What we’re talking about is a much older, evolutionary, more animalistic way of understanding the social world,” says Dr. Eliska Prochazkova, a postdoctoral researcher at the Cognitive Psychology Unit of Leiden University in the Netherlands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
The Feyd-Rautha we see in the movie is less chatty and more frightening and animalistic than in the book.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
Early on, Bella’s clothing is more doll-like and animalistic.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
“Por favor, señoritas, don’t kill me,” the chupacabras cried out in a thick, animalistic voice.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
