How to Use caveman in a Sentence
caveman
noun-
Were there cavemen scraping the hair off their faces with rocks?
— Luke O'Neil, Esquire, 20 Jan. 2016 -
What happened to the goofball who once played a caveman and George of the Jungle?
— The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 12 June 2017 -
To fail to pick up a rock, when the other caveman picked up a rock, did not forestall the arms race.
— Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 26 July 2023 -
Over the door is a cartoon caveman pulling a woman by her hair.
— Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2018 -
For Joan, that means failing health and a starring role in a B-movie about a caveman.
— Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2017 -
A guy that was a cross of Jesus with dreads and a caveman with faux fur shorts and boots was having the time of his life.
— Deanna Rilling, Billboard, 17 June 2017 -
Each piece, a caveman-like hunk of beef on the bone, is 1.5 to 2 pounds and can feed several people.
— Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2023 -
Heck, some caveman shot-caller might have asked for a show of hands before a risky hunt.
— Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 28 Feb. 2020 -
Delivery of the last link to the hitter was caveman primitive — bangs on a trash can in the dugout.
— Jeff Rowe, Star Tribune, 8 June 2021 -
Bond is a caveman with an Omega, a misogynist with gadgets, a brute in a tux.
— Raven Smith, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2021 -
But in a lame non-twist, this unfrozen caveman gangster does just fine.
— Darren Franich, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2022 -
There's enough shame in being a man who thinks it's O.K. to conduct yourself like a caveman.
— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Oct. 2017 -
Two geeky high school students, played by Shore and Sean Astin, befriend the caveman and teach him about high school life in the early 1990s.
— Zack Sharf, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023 -
The topic extends from the cavemen to the exploration of other worlds, Byrne said.
— Hal Boedeker, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Nov. 2019 -
The crows learned to associate the caveman with something bad in three ways, Marzluff said.
— Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2020 -
Low carb, low fat, eat like a caveman or eat like an herbivore.
— Ellyn Laub, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Oct. 2020 -
Art has to pander to the caveman and cavewoman within us.
— Dan Reilly, Vulture, 24 June 2021 -
What would be more helpful — viewing the cave painting or speaking with the caveman that drew the picture?
— Mike Myer, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2021 -
There was also concern about the fur fabric costumes worn by the cavemen.
— Time, 14 Feb. 2018 -
Then, the researchers captured seven crows with net guns while wearing the caveman mask.
— Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2020 -
The stories are framed by the tale of Cha Cha, the caveman discoverer of myths (as well as cocaine and some other things).
— Trevor Fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 May 2017 -
Any outdoorsman can appreciate an easy way to light a fire in the wilderness over the caveman method of sticks and stones.
— Mike Richard, Men's Health, 18 Nov. 2022 -
Your caveman boyfriend grunts to alert the rest of your tribe to this incredible discovery.
— Lana Schwartz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023 -
Here's one for your inner caveman: a whole roasted venison leg, just like Fred Flintstone would've cooked it.
— Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream, 13 Jan. 2020 -
Inside the party, the trio blends in as much as possible with Diego rocking a caveman haircut.
— Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2020 -
Thin slices of beef, slabs of pork belly and chewy short ribs, often in a sweet glaze, redolent of garlic and slathered with hot paste, are charred and served in caveman portions.
— Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 20 Feb. 2018 -
But anybody showing up in a caveman mask would spark a crowpocalypse.
— Kale Williams, OregonLive.com, 7 Feb. 2018 -
So how did these researchers reach the conclusion that the speech produced by Neanderthals were more than just caveman grunts?
— Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2021 -
Watch one of those apocalyptic movies where the human race returns to caveman days — trappers will be the last men standing.
— John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Dec. 2022 -
No doubt fraud has been raising blood pressure since some no-good caveman slipped putrid buffalo meat to his neighbor in place of the day’s fresh kill.
— Robert Hackett, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2018
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