How to Use human nature in a Sentence

human nature

noun
Definition of human naturenext
  • You can't change human nature.
  • It’s the tale of human nature in the most dire of circumstances.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The tide of sickness, distrust and fear slams up against the shoals of human nature.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 20 June 2020
  • 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
  • Alas, my plan to sort and cull my thousands of books — — failed to make allowance for human nature.
    — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 17 June 2020
  • There is a bright side: the resiliency of human nature.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 10 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • This aspect of our human nature renews my hope in a time where, for some, hope can feel hard to find.
    — Natalye Paquin, NBC News, 6 May 2020
  • 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
  • There’s something in Albee’s play that is so true to human nature.
    — Stuart Miller, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Our human nature cries out to pick ourselves up, clean up the wreckage and rebuild.
    — Steve West, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Dec. 2020
  • And what that speaks to is, to us, that this is a very tragic comedy about human nature in a certain way.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2024
  • But that, of course, would be human nature, not Mother Nature, at work.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2021
  • 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
  • But in some ways, these movies are related to human nature.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The film aims to debunk the myth behind Professor Philip Zimbardo’s conclusions and expose how the media played a role in distorting the narrative of human nature.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The problem appears to have been threefold: poor decision-making, having to delegate some of the former president’s security to local authorities and human nature.
    — Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 25 July 2024

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