elemental

Example Sentences

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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

No, it was something a little more elemental.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026

This was labor she recognized, she understood the elemental rhythms of planting and harvest, the lessons and imperatives of the shifting seasons.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead