How to Use human nature in a Sentence

human nature

noun
  • You can't change human nature.
  • The saints, though, provide the book’s funnier and more alarming insights into human nature.
    Lidija Haas, Harper's Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
  • But a strange paradox tends to emerge as well: In uncertain moments, human nature is to seek out certainty.
    Ted Anthony, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2020
  • The two-dose requirement for these vaccines also runs up against the problem of human nature: People forget.
    Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2020
  • The long debate over whether making war is inherent in human nature or the result of culture and social institutions may never be settled.
    Margaret MacMillan, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
  • But rising body counts and shattered economies prove that some of the smallest ingredients found in nature can explode into global emergencies thanks to human nature.
    Bill Weir, CNN, 7 Aug. 2020
  • But in this book as in his life, Mishima’s vision severs the ideal of the nation not just from any organic community but from human nature itself.
    Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Inequalities and disparities between people are, after all, part and parcel of human nature.
    Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Still, everyone expects the downtown workers will eventually return, if for no other reason than human nature demands contact.
    Phil Matier, SFChronicle.com, 30 Aug. 2020
  • Tarko argued that given human nature, reopening economic activity a bit on the early side was probably inevitable.
    Dave Lemery, Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2020
  • The architects of the American Republic had no illusions about human nature, which is the one constant in human affairs.
    James L. Buckley, National Review, 17 Oct. 2020
  • Both officials said advising people to avoid gathering with extended family or friends all together isn’t sustainable or in-line with human nature.
    oregonlive, 16 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Over the last 10-plus years, Drug Church has mingled catchy hardcore with clever lyrics about the complexities of human nature that are equally biting and tender.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2024
  • An account of the couple’s burial at sea is harrowing, but the fragility of mortality and the flaws of human nature are clear throughout.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 18 July 2024

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