How to Use human nature in a Sentence

human nature

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Definition of human naturenext
  • Our human nature becomes tricky during times like these.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes, 9 May 2021
  • Notice, though, if those plotlines start eroding your view of human nature.
    — Malia Wollan, New York Times, 15 June 2021
  • Call big government human nature, or something like that.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 27 May 2021
  • But denying truth — especially truths about human nature — has a way of coming back to haunt us.
    — Samuel Gregg, National Review, 24 May 2021
  • As Hasker sees it, the real problem here is human nature, not rogue AI.
    — Bynick Rockel, Fortune, 28 June 2024
  • The true meaning is a chance for the faithful to explore the inner soul, human nature and how people are connected.
    — oregonlive, 12 May 2021
  • But rebooting myths as realistic novels is tricky, because human nature often gets skewed in the retelling.
    — Mark Athitakis, USA TODAY, 6 May 2021
  • The show is willing to risk its own likability to sling ugly truths about TV, fame, and human nature.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2021
  • Crime fiction is at it’s best when telling a compelling story while also analyzing the shadowy foundations of human nature.
    — Washington Post, 27 May 2021
  • Myths provide a key to understanding human nature and the greatest civilizations.
    — Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 28 May 2021
  • Books and articles--scientific as well as theological--have been written on human nature.
    — Arkansas Online, 2 July 2021
  • To help customers shift behavior in a positive direction, business leaders must relearn what human nature is, help people be better at it and not be an obstacle.
    — Olof Schybergson, Forbes, 24 June 2021
  • Patients should try not to ask for specific treatments, and physicians should be more diligent about ensuring their prescriptions are the most appropriate, but human nature has its way.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 29 May 2021
  • It’s the tale of human nature in the most dire of circumstances.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Come for the romp but stay for the study of human nature and human survival.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2021
  • Just as the chimps taught me about chimp and human nature, these children taught me a lot.
    — Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 2 June 2022
  • Give and take, good and bad have always been part of our human nature.
    — Yuen Pin Yeap, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • That might have been the best thing that could have happened to the Aztecs, at least in the human nature department.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
  • She has been loved and reviled and that’s human nature.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Rather, her work deals in human nature and the nature of emotions.
    — Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2023
  • Much has changed over 2,500 years, but not human nature.
    — William Falk, The Week, 19 Nov. 2022
  • That’s human nature to kind of question yourself and things like that.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2022
  • Or will we always be bound by the most base desires of human nature, destined to come up short of our ideals for the rest of time?
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2023
  • It’s only human nature to want to hear that things are going great.
    — Mike Pongon, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Clever and adept at reading human nature, Cullen is ready to fight his own battles.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The trouble often boils down to one thing: human nature.
    — Verne Kopytoff, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Francis Lawrence: This time the story is much more about human nature.
    — WIRED, 17 Nov. 2023
  • There’s something in Albee’s play that is so true to human nature.
    — Stuart Miller, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Soon the players fear not only dying at the hands of the game masters, but by each other, as the worst parts of human nature come out.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2021
  • No wonder Sigmund Freud was drawn to this treasury of human nature.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024

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