How to Use primeval in a Sentence

primeval

adjective

• In the Rainbow Rain is kind of a primeval album, in a way.
  — Morgan Enos, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2018
• Millions of years ago, primeval plants drew energy from the sun to grow.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 10 Mar. 2020
• 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
• Titanoboa wasn't the only primeval serpent that once wriggled its way across the planet.
  — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023
• Shorter hikes penetrate the primeval rocky outcrops of Giant City and Garden of the Gods.
  — Joe Yogerst, CNN, 4 Sep. 2022
• 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
• To recreate these primeval conditions, the RHIC fires gold atoms at one another at nearly the speed of light.
  — NBC News, 12 June 2017
• My wife, Flora, has become inured to the novelty of a beach littered with primeval relics.
  — David Shaftel, New York Times, 23 May 2018
• Each explosion was preceded by a primeval gurgle that gave way to bursts of lava.
  — David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2023
• Beneath its artificial shine lies dark, primeval swampland; a gulf divides the seen from the unseen.
  — The Economist, 21 June 2018
• 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
• 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
• Surely some primeval part of our brain is instinctively attuned to the inspirational allure of the night sky.
  — Alan Hirshfeld, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
• 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
• The forests of the eastern United States are another puzzle: European settlers cut down 95 percent of the primeval woods, yet only four species of bird have gone extinct.
  — John Fleischman, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
• Monsters and prehistoric creatures appear as symbols of rebirth, of primeval force.
  — Lauren Elkin, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2023
• 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
• If spectacle is part of your courtship plan, J-Prime is the ticket, with a posh lounge, strong cocktails and a tomahawk rib-eye with a long bone like the bleached handle of a primeval war club, a showcase of prime beef with a lush, fatty aura.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Dec. 2021
• The problem is structural: the root of tribalism is human nature, and the current state of American democracy is distinctly primeval.
  — The Economist, 24 May 2018
• 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
• Ancient history About 3,000 years ago, primeval lawmakers on the seafaring island of Rhodes faced a conundrum.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 31 Mar. 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
• There are rock formations formed millions of years ago by contracting lava, primeval cedar forests that feel like a Tolkien fantasy, and sloping fields of technicolor flowers.
  — Amy Thomas, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023
• This primeval realm is populated by a group of outcasts, led by a warrior, Conall (Chiwetel Ejiofor), sympathetic to the newcomer's antipathy for the nasty queen.
  — Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2019
• Huddling around a campfire and eating gooey marshmallows and warm chocolate sandwiched between two graham crackers may feel like primeval traditions.
  — Jeffrey Miller, Smithsonian, 29 June 2018
• This Phil Campbell-area canyon looks like the perfect place to film a dinosaur movie with its primeval forest, thundering waterfalls, and breathtaking geologic features.
  — Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, 12 June 2017
• Gooseflesh erupted over my entire body at once, and a primal, primeval wave of utter terror flickered through my lizard brain, utterly dislodging every rational thought in my head.
  — David Canfield, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2020
• There was no single, straight line of early crocodyliform evolution, and paleontologists are still working to untangle the proper placement of all the primeval branches.
  — Brian Switek, WIRED, 6 June 2012
• The scientists show how a primeval fear of infection, forged long ago in humanity's evolutionary past, can give rise to a modern-day aversion to interacting with immigrants.
  — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2017

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024