animalistic
Example Sentences
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Mexicans have plenty of spiritual animalistic icons and regional exclusives that make sense, from the endangered axolotl salamander to Xoloitzcuintle, a hairless dog.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
Now, in the week running up to the Six Nations, he's talking in animalistic terms again.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
Sigmund Freud thought it related to animalistic behavior and was relevant in humans mostly in terms of behavioral pathology.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2025
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
It was a guttural noise, an animalistic noise—
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
