QUINTESSENCE in a Sentence

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1. There lay the essence and quintessence of the Parisian white society.

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 Meanings and Examples of QUINTESSENCE
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quintessence
 n.  pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing
Classic Sentence:
1  There lay the essence and quintessence of the Parisian white society.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III—REQUIESCANT
Example Sentence:
1  In these times of strictest economy, it would perhaps be interesting to go deeper into the ways of those untiring thrifty ants who seem to know how "To cut a centime in four" and extract the quintessence from a bone.