baser

Example Sentences

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But it can also enhance our baser instincts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

But it also quite consciously plays to the baser side of us that takes cold comfort, even joy, at the miseries of the hyperwealthy.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Bizarre as all of this is, Ackman’s self-promotion has obscured a perhaps far baser motivation for attacking Harvard.

From Slate • Dec. 14, 2023

But I am going to do all I can not to cave in to my baser angel.”

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2022

“My poor, hungry little bird, soon you will be freed from your baser appetites.”

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny