essence

Example Sentences

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"I wanted to see whether, when you strip away the usual Chanel signatures - the tweed, the jewelled buttons - you can still get to that essence," he told WWD.

From BBC

“Time is running out, it is truly of the essence!” he said in the post.

From MarketWatch

Zionism is, in essence, a communitarian nationalism: the assertion of a people’s right to self-determination in its ancestral homeland.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The infrastructure requirements in essence more than double” the size, Halik said.

From The Wall Street Journal

On the hour, with time of the essence and an equaliser required, Spurs supporters erupted as the ball was played around aimlessly at the back in the manner of a team defending a healthy lead.

From BBC