elemental

Example Sentences

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That it got made before the strict enforcement of the Production Code allowed for a few more liberties than would shortly be permitted, but its bedrock slyness and winking tone are elemental.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 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

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

No, it was something a little more elemental.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026

The pervasive emptiness and stultifying summer heat were only minor deterrents when compared with the more elemental consideration that all the banking and commercial institutions were based elsewhere, chiefly in Philadelphia and New York.

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