Examples of the human animal in a Sentence
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These things have always been part of human nature, the human animal.
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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
In few other situations were large groups of human beings placed in such dire conditions against such powerful forces, in isolation, often for years at a time, and nowhere else does the human animal become so revealed.
—Carl Hoffman, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2023
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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
In few other situations were large groups of human beings placed in such dire conditions against such powerful forces, in isolation, often for years at a time, and nowhere else does the human animal become so revealed.
—Carl Hoffman, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2023
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“The human animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20human%20animal. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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