How to Use primal in a Sentence
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At the end, the pair trade primal screams.
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Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
4 Aug. 2025
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Lewis unleashed the saints and demons of primal rock ‘n’ roll.
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Richard Corliss,
Time,
28 Oct. 2022
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And at the end of the chorus, that whole primal sing-yell thing came out.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2022
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That’s a pro’s take on something that, to me at least, is much more primal.
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Dana Wood,
Town & Country,
23 Jan. 2018
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These fish are aged in giant primal cuts with the bones intact.
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Joey Skladany,
Southern Living,
30 July 2024
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But there is a primal scream stuck in our collective throat.
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Phil Morris The Minnesota Star Tribune,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
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My desire to catch this fish felt primal, written in my genes.
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Kim Cross,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Cawley let out a primal scream and dropped to the floor, sobbing.
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Anna Almendrala,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2021
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But there is something primal about the way humans look for a light in the dark.
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Susanna Schrobsdorff,
Time,
11 Sep. 2021
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Yet, there is little place for that primal urge in the modern world.
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Sandee Lamotte,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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And where the survivors—many of them, anyway—would go primal.
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John Anderson,
WSJ,
15 Dec. 2020
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This was its first real contact with the grim, primal forces at work in the world.
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Rosa Inocencio Smith,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2017
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There is something primal about making a friend.
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Fatima Bhutto,
PEOPLE,
27 Jan. 2026
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The truth is, sure—the odd primal scream or rage run probably isn’t gonna hurt ya.
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Carolyn L. Todd,
SELF,
21 Mar. 2025
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That’s when the crowd erupted while Woods pumped his fists and let out a primal scream.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2021
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Landau went on to share how the urge to make things is primal and universal.
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Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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And the question of whether our obsession with it is as primal as thirst.
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John Anderson,
WSJ,
28 June 2022
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Gerald Green leaped in the air and let out a fist-pumping primal scream.
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Matt Young,
Houston Chronicle,
23 May 2018
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But there’s something primal about a fastball.
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Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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Sit in the sun with cold beer, and give in to your primal urge to Instagram.
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Lauren Daley,
BostonGlobe.com,
23 May 2018
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The Lakers center then let out a primal yell, flexed and mean-mugged.
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Broderick Turner Staff Writer,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2021
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The primal part of my brain started to scream that this was a good time to start panicking.
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Chris Peterman,
Ars Technica,
22 July 2018
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And while there are still primal therapists out there, the practice is on the wane.
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Jason Daley,
Smithsonian,
5 Oct. 2017
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On the way back to the city, Tiffan yelped in a primal scream—a cicada was on her knee.
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Ross Kenneth Urken,
Scientific American,
14 June 2021
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But the primal thrill of watching Rooney take games by the scruff of the neck at will never fade.
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The Athletic Uk Staff,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Land is a primal word, primordial even, like lava.
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Tommy Orange,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Jan. 2026
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As a primal element of power, land has flowed from the weak to the strong for centuries.
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Patrik Jonsson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
3 Nov. 2023
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Full moons are primal, to begin with, and Aries is ruled by Mars, the horny god of war.
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Sophie Saint Thomas,
Allure,
25 Apr. 2022
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Both films argue for what a primal scene the Soul Train Awards were.
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Wesley Morris,
New York Times,
5 July 2018
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When the win was secure, head coach Ben Brinkman turned to his bench and let out a primal scream.
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Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2024
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