How to Use naturalism in a Sentence

naturalism

noun
  • Yet more good news concerns the naturalism of the black levels.
    — John Archer, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • And yet, the film’s naturalism also helps bind its disparate parts.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026
  • Austin grounds every scene with the naturalism of his acting.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Nov. 2020
  • The unsparing naturalism of this self-portrait is the source of its hold on us.
    — Eric Gibson, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The dullness of the scene, the abject naturalism, aroused her.
    — Sarah Braunstein, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
  • The film maintains a sense of naturalism even during its most tense moments.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The film maintains a sense of naturalism even during its most tense moments.
    — Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
  • In his plays, naturalism is a red herring, designed to sucker you.
    — New York Times, 24 Sep. 2019
  • The thing that distinguished his work, Ross said, was its naturalism.
    — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Much of it owes to a strong sense of naturalism, though, from the setting and character details.
    — David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Jan. 2018
  • But the emphasis on naturalism taught them only that drama school wouldn’t be worth the loans.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
  • As for glam, Seyfried’s hair evoked a wild naturalism, with a bevy of flowing curls and plenty of volume.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Kramer has no interest in naturalism or for trafficking in the realm of the real.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 26 Jan. 2022
  • It’s based on the fallacy of naturalism.
    — Christine Baranski, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Dunst plays Rose with a downbeat naturalism that at times hinges on a weird girlishness.
    — Brandon Taylor, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2021
  • There the human truth emerges in all its naturalism, dirtier and sweatier, more full of fears and decisions to make.
    — Jd Linville, Variety, 5 Nov. 2021
  • The Met show opens in the eighteen-eighties, when naturalism flowered in Parisian art schools.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The same teacher said the story suffered from abject naturalism.
    — Sarah Braunstein, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
  • With this view behind the curtain, the consultation scenes begin to take on a greater naturalism.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Jan. 2024
  • One of the first things Friend did, in a move influenced by Roger Deakins, was to find naturalism in his shots.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Although the story is set in this social realist world, the film feels very different from that kind of naturalism.
    — John Bleasdale, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Old-fashioned Chekhovian naturalism is banished to create a samovar-free zone.
    — David Benedict, Variety, 8 July 2022
  • One thing that struck me about the film was the richness and naturalism to the cinematography and locations.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
  • That mixture of naturalism and the surreal was a real trademark.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Sep. 2021
  • The goal was an immersive naturalism, and Glazer went to great lengths pursuing it.
    — Giles Harvey, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The action is captured with a shooting style that blends naturalism and lyricism, using mostly first-time young actors.
    — Alissa Simon, Variety, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Somewhere along the way we got obsessed with the nineteen-seventies naturalism style of film performance, which is good.
    — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 8 July 2024
  • One decision the creative team behind Frank & Louis made early on was not to go for naturalism.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Yet as the action escalates to ever-higher extremes, Choe gets dragged out of his comfort zone and the naturalism that comes with it.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Needless to say, Zhao’s signature naturalism serves Agnes well.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025

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