in nature

idiom

: having such a quality or qualities
Her writing is humorous in nature.

Examples of in nature in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The power of flowers — and nature in general — became more prevalent during the pandemic, when mental health walks and socially distanced outings led to an uptick in nature photography on the site, says Jennie Sager, Nextdoor’s global head of brand marketing and managing director. Amanda Long, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023 This could include signing up for local environmental clean-up efforts, biking to school, or taking children for walks in nature to explain the importance of caring for the ecosystem. Mia Taylor, Parents, 19 Sep. 2023 Please note: the medical information in this article is general in nature. Kelsey Castañon, refinery29.com, 14 Sep. 2023 Also, in Annie Proulx’s story, one of the things that to me really stood out was the physicality of the erotic encounters that were almost animalistic in nature. Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023 So much of Janet Planet is about traversing space and being in nature. Liz Appel, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2023 Many of the most vile posts about Mexican food seem retaliatory in nature, coming from Europeans who are fed up with being told their food is unseasoned gruel. J.p. Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023 The finding suggests that chiral RNA preferentially makes proteins of the opposite chirality, as is seen in nature. Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023 Though Only Murders in the Building has never been didactic, and the murders are never explicitly social in nature, the work of detection often leads our three heroes down a path of forensic sociology. Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2023 See More

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“In nature.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20nature. Accessed 26 Sep. 2023.

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