caveman

Example Sentences

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A good deal of human creativity, after all, comes from physical self-preservation — a caveman need only cut himself once on sharpened bone to see its use in hunting.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2024

"I gotta go into my cave and become a caveman," he told CBS news.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024

Bringing the new view to the public hasn’t been easy, Gurche said: “This caveman image is very persistent.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2023

And yet, here we are, in 2023, with two of history’s most famous technologists returning to the ultimate caveman activity: fighting.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2023

I just kinda held my arms straight and did the caveman walk to the stockroom, bumping into everything, including the stockroom door, hoping I'd make it there before my shoulders popped out the sockets.

From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds