How to Use quite right in a Sentence

quite right

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  • But to call it spicy coleslaw is not quite right either.
    — Emily Cochrane Audra Melton, New York Times, 18 May 2024
  • Solis thought both runs were fine, maybe even good, but not quite right.
    — Luis G. Rendon, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • But even Nicolás Maduro, the president, concedes that the phrase is not quite right.
    — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Now, some of the details of her theory weren’t quite right.
    — The Lost Women Of Science Initiative, Scientific American, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But even so, there’s often a toll: the accent, the grammar or a word that doesn’t sound quite right.
    — Madeleine Schwartz Soneela Nankani Tanya Pérez Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 14 May 2024
  • But Steve didn’t calculate the length of the thread quite right and left just enough that Larry could still make it out of the box.
    — Corky Carroll, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Smartwool does have products made from 100% Merino if the feel of these isn’t quite right.
    — Field & Stream Commerce Team, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2023
  • There are games when there are alarms going off that somebody’s not quite right.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Baez always had her own deep sense that something wasn’t quite right.
    — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
  • One is tempted to say this is his most personal work, but that isn’t quite right.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • His mechanics and delivery, the way the ball was coming out of his hand, none of it felt quite right.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Either the climate wasn’t quite right in the later part of the afternoon or the day was half an hour too long or the sea was just the wrong shade of pink.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
  • If neither feels quite right this Christmas, though, look to Jennifer Lopez.
    — Georgia Day, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2023
  • So, your emotions could be trying to tell you something: that something’s not quite right.
    — Caitlin Carlson, Women's Health, 10 June 2023
  • But the company that fabricated the fake food didn’t get the order quite right.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
  • But the cinematic tale didn’t get his story quite right.
    — Abigail Gruskin, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2023
  • They were all dressed in black, with plenty of skin peeking through swaths of lace, and velvet, the only way to look quite right for a Ford funeral.
    — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Though excited to win the design competition, there was something in the back of Smith’s mind that didn’t feel quite right.
    — Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2024
  • Bill Berberich has mostly healed since his significant health scare, but his leg still isn’t quite right.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2024
  • The Moon then goads impulsive Uranus and aggressive Mars, so the actions we'll be tempted to take aren't likely to land quite right.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2023
  • The new neutral paint colors When a true white isn’t quite right, these shades offer neutrality and warmth.
    — Raya Rockwood, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • While many would argue there's no way to definitively prove your house is haunted, there are some signs that suggest things aren't quite right.
    — Candace Braun Davison, House Beautiful, 10 July 2023
  • Chappell Roan had mic issues … The sound wasn’t quite right during her performance.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 10 June 2024
  • In 1962, Lamborghini drove to the factory in Maranello and told Ferrari that his clutch wasn’t quite right.
    — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
  • During the recording of Sisters Who Make Waves 2023, someone suggested that her look wasn’t quite right.
    — Billboard China, Billboard, 13 July 2023
  • But his explanation of those perimeters wasn’t quite right.
    — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 17 July 2024
  • So having this sort of moment, this peaceable moment between Roman and Shiv isn’t quite right.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Coming to terms with an ALS diagnosis Mark first noticed that something wasn’t quite right in 2020.
    — Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
  • In the day’s first game, his outing on the mound had ended early, after an inning and a third—his velocity was down, the shape of his pitches not quite right.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2023
  • However, users noticed something wasn’t quite right with the designs.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 23 Nov. 2023

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