"quintessential examples" is a grammatically correct phrase that is commonly used in written English
It refers to the most perfect or typical examples of something. Example: "Shakespeare's works are often considered quintessential examples of English literature."
The background: Churches are quintessential examples of that recent paradigm, mysterious-new-sensation-make-giant-splash-with-debut-track.
What they look like instead are quintessential examples of self-dealing, where an executive or majority shareholder puts his own economic interests ahead of those of shareholders.
In the early period the favoured method was the "physiological sketch," which often depicted a typical member of the downtrodden classes; quintessential examples are found in Ivan Turgenev's 1852 collection A Sportsman's Sketches.
Mr. Price's almost indescribable ceramics are revered by fellow artists for dissolving the chasm between art and craft, while his lumpy, blobby, sluglike new sculptures are quintessential examples of biomorphic or formless art.
The background: If last week's new band the Lemon Twigs were, in the nicest possible way, quintessential examples of what might be termed, in the immortal words of Elaine Benes, hipster doofuses, Black Dylan – singer-lyricist Wa'fande and producer/songwriter Mikkel Andreas Thomsen AKA Nuplex – are the exact opposite.
Stitched together with three other quintessential examples of French dance music over 10 ecstatic minutes on Alive 2007, it is a worthy tribute to the French touch, a style of dance music that rehabilitated France's musical reputation and continues to inspire producers such as Julio Bashmore and French Fries today.
