How to Use naturalistic in a Sentence

naturalistic

adjective
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  • The zoo strives to create naturalistic settings for the animals.
  • The Bronx Zoo is one of the largest zoos in the U.S. by area; it's comprised of 265 acres of park lands and naturalistic habitats.
    — Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Against the Black Hills, the Harley-as-horse metaphor feels naturalistic.
    — New York Times, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The first films were a little bit more naturalistic in style, but not very much more.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The women are all brown-skinned, but most of the other hues are far from naturalistic.
    — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
  • But over the course of eight days, as the play digs deeper, its naturalistic trappings drop away.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2019
  • But your next step might be something more blob-like and naturalistic, which seems to be where the trend is heading.
    — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Their human scenes with Mr. Perkins and Mr. Alburo — one scene funny, one sad, both naturalistic — are the best in the play.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2017
  • But just because the chat is naturalistic doesn’t mean the effect isn’t just a little … strange.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2021
  • The shaded paths lead down to a series of naturalistic ponds.
    — Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2020
  • The main point though is that all the acrobatic machinery for Sonic just hangs in the air and feels out of place against the naturalistic art style.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • The game may look more naturalistic with Vivid mode off, but the unnatural lights befit the game’s mood.
    — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021
  • That’s a more naturalistic style of storytelling and more of a heightened style.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Smack in the middle of what looks like a naturalistic painting is a three-headed monster.
    — Sharmila Mukherjee, The Seattle Times, 2 Jan. 2019
  • Still, the puzzle element of the game is not quite as naturalistic as the drama itself.
    — Lewis Gordon, Wired, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The movie is, in effect, a naturalistic horror story of a practical crime and a moral crime.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Many wonderful things happened, such as the path opened by Michel Bras, which gave rise to all the naturalistic cuisine and its offshoots.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The all-wood island and hardwood floor complement the tiles' naturalistic tints and shades.
    — Marisa Donnelly, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Select your plants, and place your stumps in an artful yet naturalistic fashion, slightly buried in the ground.
    — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 17 Feb. 2023
  • In my mind, that gets closer to real life than the naturalistic [style of filmmaking]. . . .
    — Isaac Feldberg, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2018
  • The children were shown pictures of pairs of adults — either a white man and white woman, or a black man and black woman — in naturalistic scenes, like a home or an office.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Called Greystoke Cottage, a designation signified on a plaque over the front door, the house sits on more than half an acre of naturalistic grounds.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Thanks to the gentle, unforced way Mills directs his script, and Phoenix’s naturalistic acting, the movie never has the feel of Hollywood chintz.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Greif’s staging, which grows more naturalistic as the pair careens off the rails, attempts its own kind of seduction.
    — Naveen Kumar, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Most of the red-hued, naturalistic drawings are more than 2.5 feet tall; some are actually life-size.
    — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2020
  • As a control, all the mice were also given a naturalistic task that involved digging through a heap of bedding to find a reward.
    — The Economist, 23 Jan. 2021
  • But against them come naturalistic set-pieces and lonesome doorframes that slide on via turntables.
    — David Benedict, Variety, 26 May 2023
  • The suiting was more naturalistic and hung on the body in a way that wasn’t as constricting as your common American Brooks Brothers cut.
    — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2022
  • The 55-foot-long swimming pool is privately positioned amid a naturalistic landscape with an over-the-dune view of the Atlantic Ocean.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 28 June 2024
  • As for the language, the filmmaker has always used a formal form of Spanish, not colloquial, not naturalistic.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2024

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