primaeval
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The yearly phenomenon brought home to the minds of the Babylonians, a picture of primaeval chaos.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
Australian morning is always charming,—amid these scenes of primaeval nature it seemed exquisitely so.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Mitchell, Thomas
But in the middle of her speech she falls into a primaeval doze of some eighteen hundred years.
From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Langridge, Irene
But how would it have been possible for Milton to have enriched his poetry with all these elements in a primaeval age, when many of them did not exist?
From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 10 Poetical Quotations by Carman, Bliss
The primaeval serpent-worship is perpetuated in the reverence paid to traditional village-snakes.
From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by Sleeman, William
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