primal

Example Sentences

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Verstappen would like F1 to change the rules, but that is because he has a fundamental, almost primal, objection to what they have done to the cars.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

After Eva and Ryland briefly ruminate on fear and primal instinct, Ryland’s otherwise direct and unemotional government superior takes to the mic, performing a cover of Harry Styles’ “Sign of the Times.”

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

"Motherhood can activate insecurity, comparison, and fear of exclusion in ways that feel almost primal."

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

But there’s a primal quality to the play’s conflicts that endows the work with an eternal vitality in the theater.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

Her primal screams, which sounded like an angry mountain lion, would ring throughout the stadium and then be answered by my own screams of triumph.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad