How to Use naturalism in a Sentence

naturalism

noun

• Don’t get trapped in naturalism, and be open to your dreams.
  — Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2022
• The dullness of the scene, the abject naturalism, aroused her.
  — Sarah Braunstein, The New Yorker, 21 July 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
• The unsparing naturalism of this self-portrait is the source of its hold on us.
  — Eric Gibson, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
• Yet more good news concerns the naturalism of the black levels.
  — John Archer, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
• 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
• Austin grounds every scene with the naturalism of his acting.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Nov. 2020
• The thing that distinguished his work, Ross said, was its naturalism.
  — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Jan. 2022
• And the quiet moment in which Dotte (Nicole Lewis) reads Mabel’s fate in tarot cards is an acting class in naturalism.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 7 June 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
• The only likable Dutton is Kayce (a very good Luke Grimes, whose naturalism stands out here).
  — Tim Goodman, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 June 2018
• The film maintains a sense of naturalism even during its most tense moments.
  — Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
• There is a fluid naturalism and energy to the film that starts at the page and flows through the movement of the camera and the physicality of the actors.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
• Both shed fresh light on an artist whose earthiness and naturalism paved the way for the female singer-songwriter movement of the 1970s.
  — Marc Myers, WSJ, 12 July 2021
• Kramer has no interest in naturalism or for trafficking in the realm of the real.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 26 Jan. 2022
• But around 1890, with the rise of naturalism, critics soured on the potboilers that made her flamboyance shine.
  — Rachel Shteir, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018
• In his plays, naturalism is a red herring, designed to sucker you.
  — New York Times, 24 Sep. 2019
• 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
• As for Easter eggs, Zinn said there are stickers and a menu from the ’70s on the set to give it an extra layer of era-appropriate naturalism.
  — Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 12 June 2024
• 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
• Aguilera's new found naturalism comes at what seems like the ultimate time.
  — Jenna Rennert, Vogue, 9 May 2018
• Her bright naturalism is the grounding force and guiding principle of the movie, the crucial key to preserving the spirit of Blume's writing.
  — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 27 Apr. 2023
• Dunst plays Rose with a downbeat naturalism that at times hinges on a weird girlishness.
  — Brandon Taylor, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2021
• With this view behind the curtain, the consultation scenes begin to take on a greater naturalism.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Jan. 2024
• Clearly, this is Jones’s way of dealing with the strangeness of the play, which isn’t amenable to naturalism because Horvath isn’t interested in truth.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2019
• France’s The Salt of Tears, with its black-and-white photography and its quiet, unforced naturalism, is a charmer about how young people meet, get to know each other, and form a deep bond.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 29 Sep. 2020
• And the main cast mostly treats them that way, forgoing big gestures and jazz-hands theatricality for a more easy kind of naturalism that serves the modesty of the melodies well.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2021
• The upper and lower floors ramp up the naturalism of the piece, giving us the feeling that characters are truly inhabiting the space.
  — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• 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
• But even in more emotional moments, Kore-eda never sacrifices his dedication to naturalism.
  — Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024