elemental

Example Sentences

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Rosi’s artistry grasps the limitations of being a long-term guest, visually juxtaposing the ancient and elemental, busts and people.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Back in Cirencester, Dr David O'Connor showed me a new kind of "elemental microscope" that can be used to identify traces of dangerous elements in soil.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

In some sense, Mr. McElwee is a practitioner of cinema at its most elemental.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

No, it was something a little more elemental.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026

Like all of Washington's elemental insights, this one seems patently obvious only in retrospect.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis