ESSENTIAL in a Sentence

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175 example sentences for ESSENTIAL, such as:
1. I acquit Edward of essential misconduct.
2. But he saw that this was essential for her.
3. They believe it is essential to defy convention.
4. This is essential for me, for you, and for our son.
5. A rich and varied cultural life is essential for this couple.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of ESSENTIAL
essential
 a.  being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc
 a.  of the greatest importance
Classic Sentence: (95 in 7 pages)
1  He deemed it essential, it would seem, to know the man, before attempting to do him good.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE LEECH
2  Some attribute had departed from her, the permanence of which had been essential to keep her a woman.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
3  And yet, majestic as the voice sometimes became, there was for ever in it an essential character of plaintiveness.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXII. THE PROCESSION
4  I acquit Edward of essential misconduct.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 37
5  The Dashwoods were two days on the road, and Marianne bore her journey on both, without essential fatigue.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 46
6  To sell this forest was absolutely essential; but at present, until he was reconciled with his wife, the subject could not be discussed.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 3
7  And for the first time the idea clearly presented itself that it was essential to put an end to this false position, and the sooner the better.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 21
8  Danger in the races of officers, of cavalry men, is an essential element in the race.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 28
9  But he forgot many other essential matters, the want of which greatly distressed Darya Alexandrovna later on.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 7
10  This is essential for me, for you, and for our son.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 14
11  But Vronsky felt that now especially it was essential for him to clear up and define his position if he were to avoid getting into difficulties.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 19
12  It was essential for him to be with someone to talk to, so as not to be left alone, to kill time.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 14
13  He had noticed often that even in actual praise technique was opposed to essential quality, as though one could paint well something that was bad.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 11
14  Golenishtchev did not agree with this, and confounded Mihailov by his support of his first idea of the unity of the impression being essential to art.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 11
15  But he saw that this was essential for her.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 14
Example Sentence: (80 in 6 pages)
1  The ability to impart knowledge and command respect is the essential qualification for teachers.
2  It was absolutely essential to separate crops from the areas that animals used as pasture.
3  It is becoming almost essential for students to have a second language.
4  Although not essential, some prior knowledge of statistics is desirable.
5  I have long since abandoned the notion that higher education is essential to either success or happiness.
6  A good sleeping bag is an essential part of every campers equipment.
7  A basic grounding in math is essential for the economics course.
8  The possession of a passport is essential for foreign travel.
9  They believe it is essential to defy convention.
10  In spite of the bad things he's done I still believe in his essential goodness.
11  Close collaboration between the Bank and the Fund is not merely desirable, it is essential.
12  Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
13  It is essential that the public sector orientates itself more towards the consumer.
14  Eggs contain all eight essential amino acids which we depend on for good health.
15  A rich and varied cultural life is essential for this couple.