21.   After all, a gradually ripening acquaintance is the very essence of a good marriage.

22.   But he captures the very essence of wild mustangs on the harsh open plains in a flurry of wild strength and freedom.

23.   But soon the very essence of the Man of Steel will change fundamentally.

24.   But they soon learn that weird as it may sound, it tastes like the very essence of the sea.

25.   But when you douse them with cinnamon and honey syrup, you get the very essence of a Greek Hanukkah dessert.

26.   Closeness to the sea was the very essence of this cosmopolitan place.

27.   For Nicholas, the narrator of this venturesome first novel, is the very essence of evasion and appeasement.

28.   Giuliani, meanwhile, seemed the very essence of a southern gentleman in discussing his reasons for being in Arkansas.

29.   Garlic is the very essence of Provence, but you must play it off against herbs, tame it a bit, not force it on the lamb.