primal

At his best, which was often, Day-Lewis pursued acting with a primal clarity.

Sonically, Lorde and Stack sought what she calls a “primal” energy in the music; she was constantly pushing to peel back more layers of the sound.

Consciously or not, Leonberg has made a primal film about helplessness.

The director of a much-anticipated new film version of Wuthering Heights has said she wants it to convey the "primal" feeling she had when she first read the book as a teenager.

Her sounds careen and resonate in avant-garde ways that feel primal, even tectonic.