animalistic

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for animalistic
Adjective
  • Forces allied with the government and armed civilians responded with brute force.
    Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2025
  • The Pistons are young, competitive, brute, have already formed one of the league’s most in-your-face identities and now have experience, too.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Adjective
  • Lori survives the brutal events of prom night, but not without a fight.
    Jane LaCroix, People.com, 24 May 2025
  • Would a Venezuelan contestant who rolled off her log need to use her airline miles when forcibly flown to the waiting arms of Maduro’s brutal regime?
    Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • It is estimated that there are currently between 60 and 100 million stray and feral cats across America, and most of them live their life in the streets without ever even making it to an animal shelter.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
  • The digital nomad stereotype persists: feral twenty-somethings earning $2,000 monthly in Thailand.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • Pent-up emotions, regrets, and bestial longings all burst forth in an expansive baritone whose confident quietism distinguishes him from other wispier alt-centric brooders like Daniel Caesar.
    Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Pain was also inflicted on the dog deliberately during these bestial acts.
    KC Baker, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Animalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animalistic. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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