quintessential

Example Sentences

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A quintessential crop and national icon of the 20th century in America was dying before our eyes, and outside this room, most of the country—even Florida itself—had barely noticed.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

She was the quintessential housewife — from how she looked to what she did on a day-to-day basis, taking care of the home and her family.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Whether that would deliver the quintessential university campus experience remains to be seen.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

But as Burton’s team writes in their clemency petition to Ivey, Burton’s case is an extreme outlier, “a quintessential case for the exercise of executive clemency.”

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

The July 6 memo was written in a style that her colleagues think of as quintessential Terryl: deeply passionate but somehow dispassionate enough, and just to the point.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel