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How to use caveman in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Caveman means an early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves. Example: “The political cartoon showed the politician as a caveman, clubbing the budget depicted as a mammoth.”

Examples of caveman by meaning

nounAn early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.

  • The political cartoon showed the politician as a caveman, clubbing the budget depicted as a mammoth.
  • And who could forget those ads that featured sophisticated cavemen who were insulted—in a parody on political correctness—by “insensitive” offenders who implied that some action was “so easy, a caveman could do it.”2010, Terence A. Shimp, Advertising, Promotion, and Other Aspects of Integrated Marketing Communications, 8th edition, Cengage Learning...
  • For, in essence, the caveman concept implies the abhorrent—undignified human bestiality and a disquieting association with apelike ancestors.2010, Allen A. Debus, Prehistoric Monsters: The Real and Imagined Creatures of the Past That We Love to Fear, page 87

More sentences with caveman

  • So how does one evolve out of the caveman stage of conversation?2019, Steven Jenkins, Erika Stalder, 97 Things to Do Before You Finish High School. From the entry caveman stage
  • A really derpy, mugly caveman, with a sloping forehead, a drooling mouth and Dwayne's buzz cut.2013 April 25, Katie Hayoz, Untethered, Dystel & Goderich Literary Management, →ISBN, page 107. From the entry derpy
  • It's a health plan so easy even an unga bunga caveman can do it!2011, Jimmy Moore, praise quote featured in Nora Gedgaudas, Primal Body, Primal Mind: Beyond the Paleo Diet for Total Health and a Longer…. From the entry unga-bunga
  • In our case, Godzillaish creatures mated with cavemen in testubes and fertilized alien mommas.2011 May 14, Reptillian, “serious questions for atheists”, in rec.gambling.poker (Usenet). From the entry Godzillaish
  • Cacophonous peals of squealing feedback, raspy guitar scratches, caveman drums and a violent rumbling bass.2006, Iain McIntyre, Tomorrow is Today: Australia in the Psychedelic Era, 1966-1970, Kent Town, SA: Wakefield Press, page 16. From the entry caveman drums
  • ONE DAY a caveman sat scratching his bristly cheeks with a sharp shell.1966 April 3, Art Vinsel, “Gadzooks! Where Did All the Hirsutes Come From?”, in Independent-Press-Telegram, volume 14, number 31, Long…. From the entry bristly
  • The caveman stage of human existence might have arrived for us after the Flood wiped out almost everybody and everything.2011, William Gaspar, The World Tree. From the entry caveman stage
  • They include a Native American, a caveman, an undead soldier, a samurai, and a rubbery Godzilla-ish creature with one eye.2008, Glenn Kay, Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide, Chicago, Ill: Chicago Review Press, page 149. From the entry Godzilla-ish
  • "I haven't attempted the infamous 'Covid cut.' If we get to September and I still look like a caveman, I'll shave my head."2020 May 28, Alex McClintock, quoting Matthew Casselman, “"I'm saving a bunch": How a bureaucrat making $75,000 changed his spending…. From the entry covid cut

Meaning of caveman

  1. noun An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.
  2. noun A person with backward, primitive behavior, opinions, or interests.
  3. noun A brutish person, one who behaves in a rough, uncivilized way.

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Questions about caveman in a sentence

How do you use caveman in a sentence?
Caveman is used as a noun. For example: “The political cartoon showed the politician as a caveman, clubbing the budget depicted as a mammoth.”
What is a short sentence with caveman?
“So how does one evolve out of the caveman stage of conversation?”
What does caveman mean?
Caveman means an early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.

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