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How to use the word quintessential in a Sentence?

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The government should never force creative professionals to promote a message or cause with which they disagree. That is quintessential free speech and artistic freedom.

Alliance Defending Freedom

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We need to do so much more to allow them to feel safe, they should be able to have the same quintessential middle and high school experience that other kids get.

Yarrow Halpern

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We are shocked that Facebook would censor the king cake baby, one of the quintessential traditions of the Mardi Gras culture, obviously the folks at Facebook have never tasted the sweet deliciousness of a traditional or filled King Cake. If they had, they would understand the deep passion that runs in Louisiana for king cakes of all varieties, and the little babies that live inside them.

Jay Connaughton

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It was at one time perhaps one of the quintessential U.S. companies, and like others that have been taken out of the Dow, it's a reflection that they're no longer seen in that light.

Rick Meckler

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I felt that Trump's win was the quintessential example of an unqualified man winning over an incredibly qualified woman, and the idea that people I knew, that I was related to, voted for that man... it made me sick.

Alyson Leahy

Found on CNN
7 years ago

This is the quintessential green light for Republicans to put their money where their mouth is.

Samuel Rodriguez

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I think what people are finding that this is a pretty humorous, quintessential New York story of this person who goes 50% with trying to have a nice deed but ends up coming off with an asterisk at the end.

Reilly Flaherty

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The tour embraces that quintessential feeling of what winter should really be like -- powdery snow, snow-capped trees and those amazing skies, not only are the northern lights spectacular, but the long winter sunsets are pretty magical, too.

Gareth Hutton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Ohio Gov. John Kasichplans to launch his presidential bid on July 21in Columbus, hoping his strength in the quintessential swing state will help him win over Republican voters who aim to take back the White House in 2016. Kasich will share his presidential intentions at his alma mater, Ohio State University, said Chris Schrimpf, a spokesman for the governor's 2016 effort.

Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I have a very vivid recollection of that experience, it was the quintessential issue around womanhood.

Jackie Speier

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I get that the old design is cool. It's kind of quintessential 1980s, and it's like an old friend we don't want to leave behind, but it's OK to have a new friend, too.

Michelle Vo

Found on CNN
9 years ago

“As master builders, we are blending architectural and planning skills, plus business and financial disciplines, to produce superbly balanced communities. I consider The Irvine Company land a quintessential opportunity and challenge for anyone in real estate.”

Donald Bren

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Apothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings.

R. W. Alger

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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