How to Use seminal in a Sentence

seminal

adjective
  • But the deal kicked off a seminal episode in his life.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • These trips have played a seminal role in my life and my sense of place in the world.
    — Tim Hogan, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2020
  • What were some of the seminal texts that shaped you as a scholar?
    — Angela Flournoy, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Some artists don't make any seminal works in their lifetime.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 9 Feb. 2026
  • But there have been seminal moments.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Those seminal works brought baseball’s steroids era out of the shadows.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
  • With a body of work that vast, not every piece can reach the same highs as some of the singer's most seminal work.
    — Candace McDuffi, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Looking back on these seminal events is a reminder of the odd ways in which change happens.
    — Henry T. Greely, STAT, 17 Oct. 2020
  • What were some other seminal moments for you?
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
  • And for its seminal 20th season, the show is out to prove it's still got a few tricks up its sleeve.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The seminal chase scene veers through the mean streets of New York as hard-nosed Det.
    — Ryan Faughnderstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The movie is based on the seminal best-selling novel of the same name by Irvine Welsh.
    — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
  • Song like the charging, clever title track fit nicely to the band’s seminal recordings.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 31 Aug. 2023
  • According to the seminal paper, the net slashed their hematoma rate to zero.
    — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Bansal is in a lot of ways a seminal example of an IVP founder.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Getting 11 wins out of this bunch was a seminal miracle.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Along with the Torah, the Talmud is one of the seminal texts of Judaism.
    — Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Thirty years later, fans count the Blue Album as one of the band's seminal works.
    — Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
  • But the band’s seminal classic almost didn’t become the version that the world knows today.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Between the round robin and the first round, this postseason could have been viewed as a seminal moment for the Stars.
    — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2020
  • But of course, the seminal moment for Ed is losing Shane, his son, at the end of the first season.
    — Sharareh Drury, Variety, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Moist may be the seminal example, but there are certainly other words that people get grossed out by.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Most people think of him and his legacy through the lens of Love Song, but his solo work was so seminal too.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Love and family are highlighted, and new beginnings could feel seminal of a whole new life.
    — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But the Coinbase listing was a seminal event that tested the appetite of a broad range of investors.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Perhaps one of the more seminal moments of the night came from the freshman guard playing in place of Harmon.
    — Adam Coleman, Houston Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2020
  • The movie fumbles the chance to do something arresting with this seminal period in art.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 May 2026
  • The work completed over the 100 plus years while the studio has been active is seminal.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The seminal first slasher movie was released in 1980.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
  • And Hatchet was such a seminal survival story growing up.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026

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