natural state

Example Sentences

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One cannot avoid squabbling, she wrote, because it constitutes “the natural state of people pitted against each other, helplessly furious people.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

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

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

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

Three female Bison were released into countryside near Canterbury, Kent, in July 2022 to help restore the area to its natural state.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 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