Element

//ˈɛlɪmənt//

"Element" in a Sentence (30 examples)

Hard work is the main element of success.

Education is a critical element.

Tenderness is an important element in a person's character.

Tom is in his element when he is playing baseball.

She is in her element when it comes to tennis.

The story has in it something of the element of tragedy.

This is an interesting case where there is no principal determining element.

The result of this experiment leads to our presumption that element T determines the entire structure.

When all is said and done, the most precious element in life is wonder.

The individual is the fundamental element of a community.

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Letters are the elements of written language.

The simplicity which is so large an element in a noble nature was laughed to scorn.

Hydrogen is the first element in the periodic table. It is the simplest possible atom composed of one proton in the nucleus which is orbited by a single electron.

Thus ſhall my heart be ſtil combinde with thine, Untill our bodies turne to Elements: And both our ſoules aſpire celeſtiall thrones.

[…] the majority of names being compounded of two elements chosen from a stock of special name-words.

an element of the picture

an element of doubt

The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.

Sometimes, solitude is of all things my wish; and the awful silence of the night, the spangled element, and the rising and setting sun, how promotive of contemplation!

exposed to the elements

to be in one’s element

You sometimes find the hooligan element at football matches.

Miniature Nuremberg kitchens complete with all the utensils were said to teach children the elements of housewifery.

The element in this electric kettle can heat the water in under a minute.

The element of area in Cartesian coordinates is dx dy.

The div element was introduced into HTML as a solution to the layout problem.

Dull ſublunary lovers love / (VVhoſe ſoule is ſenſe) cannot admit / Abſence, becauſe it doth remove / Thoſe things vvhich elemented it.

elemented bodies

[W]hen he ſays, he has compaſſion on’em, they ſhould ask, where then are his Bowels! […] Alaſs! fond Creature, thou art Elemented and Organ’d for other Apprehenſions […]

His very soul was elemented of nothing but sadness.

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