the primal theme of the essay is toleration of religious diversity
there was a period of primal idealism after the founding of the republic and before the rise of partisan politics
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Blyth provides a fitting foil to Jonsson’s softness with his endless spring of ruthless aggression, forcing Taylor’s primal survival instincts to butt against his more civilized sense that there has to be something more for him in this world.—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025 Of course, every human era is obsessed with its end, a fact that connects Sacrifice to something more primal than mere 21st-century anxiety.—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025 Greengrass viewed the story of The Lost Bus through a similar lens, following a micro, primal cinematic story of survival that was ultimately about what these disasters mean on a macro level.—Tomris Laffly, Time, 6 Sep. 2025 But Foniadakis demands movement that is far more raw and primal.—David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for primal
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