Atavistic
Although he didn't want to kill, his atavistic instinct kicked in as his attacker raised the knife. - A. Goelz
The husband's atavisitc, feral brutality kicked in when his mate was threatened by an intruder. - L. Wolfson
His atavistic eating style drove the young ladies away, angering his hopeless friends. - Jack P-W
The mother had an atavistic urge to protect her son from the charging rhino. - N. Robinson
Hubris
Many people have enough hubris to think they are more powerful than the inexorable power of nature. - E. Comstock
Humans act with hubris when they dismiss earlier humans as being merely atavistic.- Z. Sonett
Acting with hubris, he strode up to the Parthenon and signalled for the wrecking ball to strike.l - M. Hausamann
He showed hubris when he said he was better than Poseidon. - G. Derr
Inexorable
Manifest Destiny was inexorable; train tracks snaked through the Great Plains and towns sprouted out almost everywhere. - R. Meagher
Macbeth was an inexorable force in his fight for the crown. - Vangelder and Carlson
The avalanche pounded inexorably down the mountain.- G. Wright
The inexorable masses of homework keep me awake all night. - Liv Salinger
Ethereal
When she played piano, she would play like an ethereal angel. - J. Sagebiel
I have an atavistic urge to howl at the ethereal moon. - S. Yarker
Riley Venne frolicked in the meadows with his ethereal fairy friends. - C. Yamane
The stars glinted ethereally in the night sky. - M. Smith
The light reflecting from the crystal into the glass room was ethereal. - S. Cooney
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