nature of the beast
Example Sentences
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"Football is brutal and yes, it's the nature of the beast, but messing with human beings' feelings and emotions shouldn't be acceptable."
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
"This is the nature of the beast here at Glasgow Rangers."
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025
“That’s unfortunate, but that’s just the nature of the beast sometimes.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025
“That’s the nature of the beast, right? It’s just sitting there, and then it strikes. So we just have to be ready on that sort of timescale to take that on and identify it accurately.”
From Scientific American • Jul. 11, 2023
You may cover the lion with the skin of an ass but you cannot change the nature of the beast.
From The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day by Clynton, Richard