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ancient (of or from a long time ago); or having existed from ancient times- She found the fossilized remains of a primeval palm tree.
primeval = ancient
- The area has been inhabited since primeval times.
- After consulting a tree to ascertain from its lichen which way was south, and taking no lip from the subordinates who ventured to correct him, Colonel Maycomb set out on a purposeful journey to rout the enemy and entangled his troops so far northwest in the forest primeval that they were eventually rescued by settlers moving inland.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Eckels turned slowly to regard the primeval garbage dump, that hill of nightmares and terror.Ray Bradbury -- A Sound of Thunder
- He cursed, spit, and trembled, and, with a primeval growl, he slammed the grenade into the cradle.Mark Helprin -- A Soldier of the Great War
- Myrurgia for primeval woman who creates for him a world of tender privacy where the only occupant is you, mixed with Nina Ricci's L'Air du Temps.Toni Morrison -- Song of Solomon
- Some time after that while Annie slept, he heard, like some distant echo, a high primeval call which made every creature of the night fall silent.Nicholas Evans -- The Horse Whisperer
- Going primeval, no fear, no pain?Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
- A primeval monster twenty feet long.Yann Martel -- Life of Pi
- You remember that the pre-Socratics discussed the question of primeval substance and change?Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
- Sheng raised his face to the dark sky and screamed a primeval roar of protest.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
- It straggled onward into the mystery of the primeval forest.Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter
- Mikey was still firing, but suddenly I heard him scream my name, the most bone-chilling primeval scream: "Help me, Marcus!Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor
- The most laborious task will be the proper inauguration of the government and the primeval formation of a federal code.Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers
- We must get back to primeval integrity.Eugene Ionesco -- Rhinoceros
- That night the city of San Francisco echoed with the primeval howls of a hundred thousand dogs.Micheal Scott -- The Alchemyst
- When the area was first settled, the plateau was covered with a dense primeval forest.Malcolm Gladwell -- Outliers
- Kur was a primeval ocean-Chaos—that Enki conquered.Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
- We have them to thank that Germany, France, and Italy aren't covered with primeval forests and swamps, but provide us with grain, fruit, and wine.Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain
- Primeval bubbles surfaced it with lethargical majesty as Billy Pilgrim stared.Kurt Vonnegut -- Slaughterhouse-Five
primeval = ancient
primeval = ancient
primeval = ancient
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