How to Use primeval in a Sentence

primeval

adjective
  • Goth, primeval décor is in the air, but this is an extreme case.
    — Jocelyn Silver, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The work recalls a kind of primeval decadence, in the best sense of that word.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Millions of years ago, primeval plants drew energy from the sun to grow.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 10 Mar. 2020
  • The call had lost all its musical quality and was now the wail of some primeval beast.
    — Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The little mountain park lay almost at our feet, a gem of unspoiled primeval beauty.
    — Percy Brown, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Titanoboa wasn't the only primeval serpent that once wriggled its way across the planet.
    — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Some of these vital-to-life substances also have primeval inceptions.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Each explosion was preceded by a primeval gurgle that gave way to bursts of lava.
    — David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2023
  • My wife, Flora, has become inured to the novelty of a beach littered with primeval relics.
    — David Shaftel, New York Times, 23 May 2018
  • High in the misty mountains of Honduras, the world looks primeval, with glistening pine trees draped in moss and leafy bromeliads.
    — Jonathan Kolby, National Geographic, 7 Apr. 2016
  • Yet at the heart of the story, as of Mary’s biography, were primeval sadnesses and fears.
    — The Economist, 17 Feb. 2018
  • No one is certain about what would happen in a matchup, but most likely neither of the two primeval forces could take the stuffing out of the other.
    — Jim Nash, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Monsters and prehistoric creatures appear as symbols of rebirth, of primeval force.
    — Lauren Elkin, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Guests are encouraged to join excursions, both by boat to see the island’s beaches and coves, and by land to explore that primeval rain forest.
    — Ann Abel, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Surely some primeval part of our brain is instinctively attuned to the inspirational allure of the night sky.
    — Alan Hirshfeld, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
  • About three hours from the capital city of Quito, Ecuador, the cloud forest feels primeval and otherworldly.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 1 Feb. 2025
  • These places maintain the largest amount of intact primeval forest and the highest populations of bears, wolves and lynx in all of Europe.
    — Jamie Lang, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Thus the primeval power of sudden darkness in the daytime could lead to some future hit tunes, action film sequences or fantasy novels.
    — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Then one day 66 million years ago this primeval tableau—of dinosaurs thundering across the land and mammals scampering in the shadows—ended in chaos.
    — Steve Brusatte, Scientific American, 1 June 2022
  • Shorter hikes penetrate the primeval rocky outcrops of Giant City and Garden of the Gods.
    — Joe Yogerst, CNN, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Shorter hikes penetrate the primeval rocky outcrops of Giant City and Garden of the Gods.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
  • To recreate these primeval conditions, the RHIC fires gold atoms at one another at nearly the speed of light.
    — NBC News, 12 June 2017
  • The team explores whether the primeval microbes that built elaborate rock formations in an extensive cave system could be used for medical purposes.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Hundreds of people in Los Angeles disappear into a strange, primeval land when a sinkhole gobbles up several city blocks.
    — cleveland, 14 Sep. 2021
  • The campground setting has a primeval feel, situated in dense old growth forest along the scenic Smith River, where banana slugs frolic (okay, maybe move slowly and strangely).
    — Jenna Blough, Outside Online, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The fossils and antlers, the Indian artifacts, and the maps represented the primeval American world and the white man's first attempts to project his power over the land.
    — Jon Meacham, House Beautiful, 1 Oct. 2013
  • Blood Meridian and Stella Maris in particular enjoin it with the primeval, timeless forces that precede our own human origins.
    — Caine O'Rear, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2023
  • In Mesoamerican myth, the ancient monster Cipactli, part crocodilian, part fish or toad, floats in primeval waters, like the Hindu snake of residue, Sheshanaga.
    — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Ancient history About 3,000 years ago, primeval lawmakers on the seafaring island of Rhodes faced a conundrum.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The locations used, according to the press notes, were ancient old growth forests in the Landes de Gascogne National Park, whose primeval ecology perfectly suits the story.
    — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'primeval.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: