elemental

Example Sentences

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It was as though something elemental had departed the world, and some essential tributary had run dry within me.

From New York Times

I grew up in Miami, where so many Latinx communities converge, so corn — and masa specifically — was an elemental part of my diet.

From Salon

By finding the absolute elemental flavors in the intent.

From New York Times

David Henderson came through with base elemental declarations sounding like a ghost of an old spooky religion: “How. Many. Enemies. Make. A. Soul?”

From New York Times

Greig’s play, which premiered in Melbourne in 2019, reduces the story even further, crafting an elemental portrait of grief and isolation that happens to take place on a space station.

From Seattle Times