How to Use quite in a Sentence
quite
adverb
- She's quite right, you know.
- We hadn't quite made up our minds.
- Quite why he left is unclear.
- That is not quite what I said.
- I quite forgot your birthday.
- I am quite capable of doing it myself, thank you.
- They assured me that I was quite mistaken.
- No one realized quite what was happening.
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And there’s still, just to be quite frank with you, this is the beginning of a process.
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Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2024
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Only this time her best was not quite good enough to win.
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Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Sep. 2023
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Chances are, your case of RSV will feel quite similar to a run-of-the-mill cold.
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Leah Prinzivalli,
Allure,
30 Sep. 2024
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Not even a full recognition quite yet of what was to come.
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Bill Dwyre,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2023
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The laundry list of things that had to be addressed with my surgery is quite long.
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Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
30 Mar. 2023
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Keep in Mind The 496-page hardcover book may be quite heavy.
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L. Daniela Alvarez,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Feb. 2024
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But the rulings aren’t quite the end of more than four years of legal battles.
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Ken Ritter,
Fortune,
16 Feb. 2023
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But experts aren't quite sure what this looks like just yet.
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Maggie O'Neill,
Health,
8 June 2024
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And be sure to start with lighter pressure, as a new dry brush will be quite firm and will need time to break in.
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Hannah Coates,
Vogue,
11 Oct. 2024
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Nothing gives off a cool and easy-going vibe quite like a linen dress.
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Erin Johnson,
Peoplemag,
31 July 2023
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So there’s a quite a nice balance between those two worlds in some ways.
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Alex Ritman,
Variety,
26 July 2024
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But nothing calls for newness quite like the changing of the seasons.
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Alyssa Girdwain,
Women's Health,
11 Aug. 2023
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But there was another pitch, and the robots weren’t quite sure what to do with it.
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Journal Sentinel,
13 Apr. 2023
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He felt that the world he had loved had quite gone.
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Edmund Wilson,
New York Times Book Review,
20 July 1986
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Now, Ellison can’t quite bring the house’s features to mind.
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Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2024
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First, the order of genes in its genome is quite different.
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John V. Williams,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2023
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There were some breezy downhill sections that were quite fun as well.
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John Pana,
cleveland,
5 Sep. 2023
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Still, quite nice, and clouds should be mainly high level.
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Ian Livingston,
Washington Post,
27 May 2023
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Be aware that the cost to use o1 is quite higher than the other OpenAI models.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
13 Sep. 2024
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Her rent is quite low for Manhattan, and her bar across the street is still thriving.
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Scottie Andrew,
CNN,
27 July 2024
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In a sea of pop culture witches, few have enchanted the public quite like the Owen sisters in 1998’s Practical Magic.
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Ivana Rihter,
Vogue,
24 Oct. 2024
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Although fans mostly expressed excitement to try out her olive oil ice cream hack, not everyone is quite as loyal to the idea of a pickle and jalapeño juice cocktail.
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Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Oct. 2024
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