He remembered the cold water of the Pagaz lake, the desperate animal vitality of her body as she had clung to him.

Booch was not a prepossessing man, though he exuded a coarse animal vitality.

This struggle between animal vitality and the need for control characterizes and energizes Mr. Otto's strongest stories.

Nevertheless, it also seemed full of a kind of animal vitality, a kind of sharply focused interest.

You could certainly argue that such a turning back represents a loss of the animal vitality of a young, vigorous, unself-conscious culture.

He went slowly, stiffly, only his animal vitality keeping him on his feet.

Struggle, opposition aroused his animal vitality.

Sometimes this sobriety can sound a little dull, making one yearn for more animal vitality and virtuosic fire.

Lawrence Keigwin is pure impish animal vitality as a high-energy Nijinsky.

One may regret a certain loss of animal creative vitality in our culture.