social animal

Example Sentences

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He was a social animal, not a gym monkey.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2022

Considering all this, can a brilliant, social animal possibly lead a rich, full life in captivity — especially if she is largely separated from others of her kind?

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2022

But for any social animal, keeping one’s distance comes with a cost.

From Scientific American • Feb. 21, 2022

I was really relieved because I’m not a social animal, and in the course of creating this show I had to meet hundreds of people.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2020

According to this theory Homo sapiens is primarily a social animal.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari