Example sentences for: quintessential

How can you use “quintessential” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Simpson, the quintessential alpha.

  • The Godfather , in fact, was the quintessential sellout: Paramount picked Coppola to direct the movie because he would work for cheap.

  • The LAT quotes Jim Kennedy of the White House counsel's office saying almost the exact same thing, although Kennedy added the quintessential spontaneity-hating Washington complaint: the no-notice release was unfair.

  • Resort hotels hug quintessential Caribbean beaches around the whole island, and though many package tourists still stick close to the coasts, every region has charming, engaging towns.

  • 5. Maurice Samuel introduced to the English-reading public, in his book The World of Sholem Aleichem , the quintessential Yiddish-speaking Tevye, the dairyman who addresses himself even to God in Yiddish.


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