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
“That’s unfortunate, but that’s just the nature of the beast sometimes.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025
And that's just the nature of the beast.
From BBC • Jul. 26, 2023
“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
Peck and be hanged, said I,—I might as well have preserved the first, for I see it is the nature of the beast.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 by Richardson, Samuel