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quintessence - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • evil: It was the quintessence of human evil: The Monad.
  • practice: This document viewed clinical supervision as a method of providing continued education by grasping the quintessence of nursing practice.

Converse of object

  • represent: Kleinians consider them to represent the quintessence of omnipotence.
  • grasp: You will never have reached the heart of the matter, you will have failed to grasp the quintessence of Karate-do.
  • express: The following " theses " express the quintessence of his analysis.
  • see: The same thing holds for the intelligence service in which Stalin sees the quintessence of the state.

Adjective modifier

  • very: The old Welsh squire of this stamp was the very quintessence of punctuality and promptitude.

Modifies a noun

  • thrum: Quintessence thrums within him [ Uath ap Draen ] Úath steps back, slightly.

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