elemental

Example Sentences

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“Tomato and egg is a culinary truth, one of those elemental pairings that shows up across cultures not because anyone decided it should, but because it just makes sense,” writes Salon’s Ashlie D. Stevens.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 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

The exodus poses elemental questions for a country that has always prided itself as a destination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Voting is the most elemental of democratic exercises, a virtuous act residing right up there alongside motherhood and apple pie.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

Proud of his new skill, he found that shaping cedar resonated with him in an elusive but elemental way—it satisfied him down in his core, and gave him peace.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown