How to Use the natural world in a Sentence

the natural world

noun
  • His demise fit with the fading of the rest of the natural world.
    — Liz Shulman, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
  • But diatoms punch far above their weight in the natural world.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The point is not to restrain the natural world, but to compose it.
    — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • What happens to the natural world happens to all of us.
    — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • All the while, the low buzzing sounds of the natural world envelop us.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025
  • The book is a gripping saga about resilience, courage, and the natural world.
    — Toby Rose, Parents, 30 June 2026
  • The features that seemed at first to have been unique turned out to be common in the natural world.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Many of the chapters are attuned to the beauty of the natural world.
    — The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • And yet this bird performs one of the most violent feats in the natural world.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • In the natural world, a stable desert crust can take 5 to 10 years to form.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Jan. 2026
  • As ingenious as we humans may be, the natural world is even smarter.
    — Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023
  • All of us love the natural world and feel drawn to trying to align with the poetry of its rhythms.
    — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 28 June 2023
  • All this is based on us knowing a tiny fraction of what’s going on in the natural world around us.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 10 May 2024
  • There is a deep sense of mystery there, both in the natural world and in the culture of the people.
    — Jamie Lang, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Those writers are trying to make the natural world or a painting come alive to a reader via text.
    — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Engaging with the natural world can sew a sense of wonder into our day-to-day.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
  • The new glasses serve as a liaison between the natural world and the world wide web.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • The overall aim is to capture the contrast of strength and fragility in the natural world.
    — Rachel King, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Learn how the natural world reflects our own diversity on an easy two-mile hike.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Much of the violence in the story is rooted in the natural world.
    — Taylor Penley, Fox News, 12 July 2023
  • Like many bands of the era, Seals & Crofts sang of love, peace, music and the natural world.
    — ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • People became aware of their gardens as a portal to the natural world.
    — Stephen Orr, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The sky, the ocean, the natural world dominate the landscape.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • And our dominance over the natural world is now more or less universal.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But if not, the shift in the natural world simply wasn't part of your seasonable routine.
    — Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The need to study, understand and better manage the natural world is vast.
    — Joe Murphy, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Children spent more time outside and were more connected to the natural world.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
  • Plus, all the shots of the majesty of the natural world that encompasses Hawaii don’t hurt!
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 3 May 2025
  • Our eyes developed to use light to see the natural world, not to turn energy from the sun into food.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Our eyes developed to use light to see the natural world, not to turn energy from the sun into food.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2025

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