How to Use human nature in a Sentence

human nature

noun
Definition of human naturenext
  • You can't change human nature.
  • Everyone wants to be loved and loving and being loved is human nature, right?
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 5 Mar. 2021
  • But that, of course, would be human nature, not Mother Nature, at work.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2021
  • That says human nature doesn’t change, which is scary and also interesting.
    — David Marchesephoto Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Stotts, when asked why winning back-to-backs against the same opponent is so difficult, said human nature on both sides comes into play.
    — oregonlive, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Some of that inconsistency is due simply to human nature.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Yet, there’s something in human nature that makes many people act differently when traveling abroad.
    — Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
  • His lack of focus is a reminder of his human nature; a hamstring injury, for example, can distract from the task in the batter's box.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Haley Joel Osment stars as David, an android child who learns about the meaning of life and human nature.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Pulling the camera all the way back to the scale of the species is better suited for broad reflections about human nature, often concerning health.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Beyond that, assuming causality is simply part of human nature.
    — Damian Scalerandi, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Your natural tendency, human nature, is to always look and see if there’s an opportunity.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Importantly, this is less about purchasing security technologies and more about adopting a mindset that is aware of human nature.
    — Perry Carpenter, Forbes, 2 Mar. 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
  • But even this most epic of tales is shaped by the centripetal forces of human nature.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 5 May 2021
  • 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
  • There is something in human nature that doesn’t always want to be in charge.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • As Hasker sees it, the real problem here is human nature, not rogue AI.
    — Bynick Rockel, Fortune, 28 June 2024
  • 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

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