quintessential
Example Sentences
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“The spoken word is perhaps the quintessential form of protected speech,” Justice Neil Gorsuch writes for the majority in Chiles v.
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
Whether that would deliver the quintessential university campus experience remains to be seen.
From BBC
Sometimes I take people from Europe there because it is quintessential California.
From Los Angeles Times
Today, the movement known as land art continues to be a quintessential American art form—and has more to say than ever.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
