Sentence examples for missing something essential from inspiring English sources

Lind did not think of scurvy as a form of malnutrition, a diet missing something essential which was contained in citrus fruit, but rather as a disease which was cured by a medicine – in this case citrus fruit (or cider!).

But in the end, even though Nadal sent him signals that all was not quite right in his own world, Ferrer was missing something essential that looked suspiciously like self belief.

But to Seth Goldstein, a technology entrepreneur who was one of the creators of Turntable.fm, last year's hot music start-up, the dance world is missing something essential: an online hub for mainstream fans, gathering news, music and videos from all the corners of the Internet.

But Justice Thomas is missing something essential.

In doing so, are we missing something essential?

To disturbing effect, she also wears a single, blue pointe shoe, making her appear hobbled, off balance, missing something essential.

Encyclopedic though the literature seems, it often misses something essential.

"Tati had this feeling that he had missed something essential.

For my part, as I packed away the tape recorder, I was worried that I hadn't asked the right questions – that I had missed something essential.

While that's definitely interesting, on another level we also feel like it misses something essential about the song, something that exceeds a formula.

We lose something essential about ourselves.