How to Use elemental in a Sentence

elemental

1 of 2 adjective
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  • Their elemental passion led to tragedy.
  • Those are just some of the hits of the elemental soul/pop group Earth, Wind & Fire.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2022
  • While hominy and broth are the elemental parts of pozole, the dish can be made in a number of ways.
    — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Nov. 2021
  • His arrival on the scene was elemental, like the Big Bang.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • One thing to note is that the amount of elemental iron varies among the different forms of iron.
    — Casey Seiden, Parents, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The style of chili is simply elemental to those who grew up around the Bearcat program.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Those elemental forces that New summoned in the Vaughan Williams came in quite handy for the Fifth.
    — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
  • And, at its most elemental, South Park is founded on a sight gag with legs.
    — Chris Norris, SPIN, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The point of this exercise was a form of elemental sleuthing.
    — Gregory Barber, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Ghost guns pose a more elemental question: What makes a gun a gun?
    — New York Times, 14 Nov. 2021
  • In the past year, the price of PVC (polyvinyl chloride), which is elemental to pressing records, jumped by nearly 50%.
    — Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2022
  • That is roughly the same amount of (elemental) sulfur as Pinatubo but with no change.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2023
  • How might that change our view of who and what is elemental to Los Angeles?
    — Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books, 7 May 2022
  • At the same time, there’s something thrillingly elemental about the tush push—and something smart about it, too.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
  • This fact remains, the elemental source of all of his problems that is not going away.
    — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 6 June 2022
  • For his part, the frontman can’t put a finger on the secret to why his songs tend to touch fans on such an elemental level.
    — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 12 Dec. 2022
  • In Chicago, this tension came down, in early 2022, to the most elemental question for unions: whether or not to strike.
    — Jonathan Mahler, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The amount of elemental iron (the amount of iron the body can absorb) is listed on the product's supplement facts panel.
    — Tamar Kane, Verywell Health, 5 Feb. 2023
  • The elemental ratio, the scientists say, is a peek into the past.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Then, as the universe cooled, light that was trapped in the elemental plasma fog finally broke free.
    — Quanta Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
  • On the back is an engraving of the sign's universal glyph, housed by its elemental symbol.
    — Joseph Deacetis, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The sauce, in fact, detracts from the elemental nature of picanha.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • While all four forms of iron are well-absorbed, some offer more elemental iron than others.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • There was something elemental about it: the talk circled round in a seasonal way.
    — Sterling Holywhitemountain, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
  • There is a haunting edge-of-the-world beauty there—something about vast skies and empty, elemental landscapes.
    — Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2022
  • William Kentridge's elemental drawings of human figures, in charcoal and ink, are the base and heart of his artwork.
    — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Take the time to engage with task owners to understand the elemental components of the project schedule.
    — Dana Brownlee, Forbes, 7 July 2022
  • At whatever age and in a variety of settings, this is the most elemental form of stigma.
    — Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
  • McVie gives one of the prettiest renditions ever of one of the most elemental tales: the unhardening of a heart.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The love Ruth has for Angela is elemental and difficult.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 11 May 2022
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elemental

2 of 2 noun
  • The drama’s elemental, in short, and so my few misgivings had to do with those times when the scaffolding of cause and effect got in the way.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2021
  • Both are smaller than later pieces by the artists and are made of materials that give them an aura of the elemental.
    — Lee Cullum, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • And the entire elemental well mod system is based around that, and continues to expand.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Among these groupings are the four elemental types, or triplicities: earth signs, air signs, water signs, and fire signs—the feistiest of them all.
    — Women's Health, 12 May 2023
  • The shop’s benchmark became its croissant, that most elemental of all French pastries.
    — Jordan Michelman, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The most elemental of all the 718 Boxster series, the Spyder takes things to a minimalist extreme, notably with a soft top meant to be raised as little as possible.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 22 June 2021
  • Geissinger, Sniffin and Bleckmann each added something new and elemental.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Nostalgia is built into us, even more apt to be triggered by the elemental senses—smell and taste and touch—than by the sights and sounds out of which those revivals of fashion and music are constructed.
    — Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
  • In future research, the plan is to introduce specific atoms to the carbon nanotubes for elemental doping.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2015
  • All of this is to say that Dead Island 2’s crafting, weapon and elemental damage systems work together fairly neatly.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Ferrous sulfate: Widely used due to its high elemental iron content.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2023
  • No fancy equipment is required to succeed in this most elemental of athletic pursuits.
    — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Playful and serious at the same time, the simulated loaf links Ukrainian identity to elemental features of the country’s landscape.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Fantasy, at its most elemental, is about possibility—the possibility of what can and should be—in service of truth.
    — Jason Parham, Wired, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The pieces are arrayed along a spiral pattern elemental to Pueblo cosmology, and the walls and displays are painted deep aubergine and mustard yellow, on the request of a Pueblo advisory committee.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • So, each stone's unique elemental structure – such as the presence of (or lack thereof) iron, titanium or chromium – contributes to its coloring.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Tension is elemental on college football game days so banishing dissenting voices to the next solar system kills that.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Killing Ilsa off veers Ethan briefly away from the romantic-hero track, and keeps him unattainable, primal, elemental — in the franchise’s own terms, a manifestation of destiny and a mind-reading, shape-shifting incarnation of chaos.
    — Vulture, 13 July 2023
  • Raw and elemental, sauna-goers alternate between the extremes.
    — Frankie Adkins, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2023
  • The 2017 Zelda game already allowed for so much player experimentation with physics and elemental systems, such as burning grass creating a gust of wind.
    — Gene Park, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Her abstract, elemental style, inspired by such European modernists as the sculptor Constantin Brancusi, seemed old world, even academic.
    — Alex Traub, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • These formulations contain elemental iron that is easily absorbed by the body.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2023
  • To generations of musical aficionados, Ms. Rivera was a whirling, bounding, high-kicking elemental force of the dance; a seductive singer of smoky ballads and sizzling jazz; and a propulsive actress of vaudevillian energy.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
  • However, people who are using iodine to prevent or eliminate acne are not putting elemental pure iodine on their faces, Dr. Alam clarified.
    — Alyssa Hui, Health, 1 June 2023
  • Each generation, there is one Avatar who can bend all four elements and is thus responsible for maintaining harmony among the four elemental nations, as well as serving as a link between the physical and spirit worlds.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Each generation, there is one Avatar who can bend all four elements and is thus responsible for maintaining harmony among the four elemental nations, as well as being a link between the physical and spirit worlds.
    — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Consisting of only water, salt, yeast and highly refined wheat flour, Neapolitan dough is the most elemental of all formulas, but the apparent simplicity hides a great complexity.
    — Francesco Lastrucci, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2021
  • And after painstakingly disentangling the various wavelengths of light emitted by the ghost, the scientists unveiled its elemental makeup.
    — Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The first path demands continual honing, shaping, burrowing: a never-ending pursuit of the elemental.
    — Susan Dominus Photographs By Joshua Kissi Styled By Ian Bradley Sasha Weiss Photographs By Collier Schorr Styled By Jay Massacret Megan O’Grady Portrait By Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont Ligaya Mishan Photographs By Tina Barney, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Not surprisingly, the aesthetic Adams fashioned in this austere crucible prizes the elemental in music, but does so without retreating into a cave of unthinking primitivism.
    — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2015

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