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

According to your predilection, this designation will seem either a contradiction in terms or a natural state of affairs …

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

But other efforts to restore the watershed to a more natural state will continue for several years.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024

I should be used to the way they look in their natural state.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton