elemental

Example Sentences

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Another foe besetting both Ukrainian and Russian forces is a more elemental force — the mud that follows winter’s end, transforming wide swaths of the front line into swamps of brown ooze.

From Los Angeles Times

Such earthy, elemental minimalism helped inspire Ms. Wilson’s primary medium at the time: quilts painted with abstract geometric patterns.

From New York Times

The film cleverly relies on color, physicality and elemental symbolism to express these tensions: the repressed Joanne swims daily in freezing waters; the untouchable Julia lights things aflame.

From New York Times

Katsoupis calls into question the overly inflated value of art while reminding us that expression is inherently human and elemental.

From Los Angeles Times

I’m very elemental, and the elements don’t have any specific shapes and forms.

From New York Times