primaeval
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Age has just the least in the world dimmed the lustre we once knew, but an unmistakable breath of the morning still encircles him, and the odour of primaeval woods.
From Notes of a Son and Brother by James, Henry
Another theory appears to have existed according to which the gods were contemporaneous with primaeval chaos.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
The grip of the primaeval had laid hold of her heart!
From The Lady of Big Shanty by Smith, F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley)
The massing together of the primaeval waters completes the picture of chaos in the cuneiform account.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
Behind lay the central and southern portions of the island, hushed as if their primaeval rocks were still tenantless.
From The Forest of Vazon A Guernsey Legend of the Eighth Century by Anonymous
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