quintessential

Holmes’ words were a quintessential expression of “eugenics,” a pseudoscientific notion that social problems can be alleviated by focusing on heredity, and sequestering, forcibly sterilizing or even murdering those whose genetic heritage jeopardizes civilization.

Bean’s play, set in the eccentric seaside town of Brighton, is quintessentially English by contrast.

Summer’s quintessential cocktail has carried me from childhood markets to New York rooftops — and I suspect the lychee still has more places to take me.

“What Pat did in terms of challenging the status quo was quintessentially American,” Oliphant’s son, Grant, says in the film.

Biscuits and red gravy, hash brown bites, chocolate chip cookies, club sandwiches, market salads and other quintessential American foods — all served on opening day — are now nowhere to be found.