natural state

Example Sentences

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I’ve never needed to be told to keep my heart open while watching a film; that’s its natural state.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

Even under Justinian law, though, a slave was property, and if freedom was a natural state, it wasn’t necessarily a permanent one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

I’ve met enough artists who say, “I feel totally myself onstage,” to know that there’s a natural state in which people feel comfortable up there.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2025

National park status means that the area will be set aside for preservation of the natural environment, ensuring that most of the landscapes and accompanying plants and animals are kept in their natural state.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024

The natural state of things is coldness, and houses are fragile havens, holdouts in a death landscape, unforgettably comfortable, simple though they are, just because of their warmth.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles