primal

Example Sentences

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Forget protests, they’re more of a massive primal scream therapy session.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

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

It’s a simple but primal character motivation that Beetz sells with a wild-eyed ferocity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

As societies emerged, we began to develop egos, those brittle parts of our selves taxed with negotiating between our primal urges and the constraints of a civilized order.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

He ran his fingers over the bumps and resisted the impulse to let out a primal caveman scream.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins