Examples of the human animal in a Sentence
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Yet Blanc’s real faith lies in the nearly mystic quality involved in seeing what the human animal is capable of.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
Their prevalence in the movie occasionally suggests that Coen, by deploying his familiar neo-noir antics, is reaching for some essence—not only of his characters but of character itself, of the human animal.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
These things have always been part of human nature, the human animal.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
Great true crime stories are a chance to understand just how deeply wounded the human animal can be.
—Carl Hoffman, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
Their prevalence in the movie occasionally suggests that Coen, by deploying his familiar neo-noir antics, is reaching for some essence—not only of his characters but of character itself, of the human animal.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
These things have always been part of human nature, the human animal.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
Great true crime stories are a chance to understand just how deeply wounded the human animal can be.
—Carl Hoffman, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
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“The human animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20human%20animal. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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