cave dweller
Example Sentences
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He felt as he always had with her: an interior being, a cave dweller, marched briskly into the light.
From Slate • Sep. 24, 2022
You may no longer see the wild-eyed cave dweller in camouflage fatigues, hoarding canned goods.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2017
Everyone — cave dweller, 1920s flapper, medieval peasant — has existed in his or her own urgent present.
From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2015
The cave dweller, a Denisovan, was a cousin of the Neanderthals.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 2012
I do not know this—a cave dweller would have had a fire by now, a Cro- Magnon man would have a fire by now—but I don’t know this.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
