Examples of primal in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web There's something so primal about the person-vs.-nature conflict that makes these survival stories so compelling. — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2022 That was the primal scream coming from Rodrick Pleasant of Gardena Serra High on a cool, breezy Saturday afternoon at Moorpark High after learning his wind-legal performance in the 100 meters was the fastest in state history. — Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2022 The primal scream that marks the film’s coda could be a generation’s roar, instead of just a single individual’s. — David Mermelstein, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022 But critics have contended that the website’s ancillary practice of assigning a numerical rank to teams has fueled a primal instinct among too many youth hockey stakeholders to climb the rankings ladder in a never-ending game of one-upmanship. — David Andreatta, New York Times, 13 May 2022 Pangs over Ukraine’s fate fuel a primal urge to stand with its defenders. — Suzanne Nossel, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022 Like so many transplants to Washington, Crick felt a primal urge to create a dish that reminded him of home, where his tastes were first formed and forever hardwired in the brain. — Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2022 People climbed on top of one another as primal screams were bellowed toward the heavens. — Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 2 July 2021 Teasing, goading, exploring and intertwining, their wordless interactions are intimate primal screams. — New York Times, 21 Apr. 2021 See More

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