quite something

noun

: a major event

It was quite something for a small-town boy to be interviewed for the national news.

Examples of quite something in a Sentence

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Only two cameras, lighting shot by shot, and filming more than 20 pages of script per unit, per day… quite something. —Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024

To actually get into a Gucci show at this time was quite something. —Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024

And the accusations in this case are quite something. —David Meyer, Fortune, 9 July 2024

The contrast between his Dr. Jonas Miller-type (Cary Elwes) character here and his upcoming character, Superman, is going to be quite something. —Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

Just that last silent dream of his is quite something. —Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024

The three-dimensional thing is quite something in all three areas, but probably the biggest and most striking example is Shrek’s cottage. —Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024

To have a president of anywhere say that is quite something. —Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 21 Jan. 2024

What to See An ode to Art Deco architecture, Santa Anita’s quite something to behold and worthy of getting all dressed up. —Mosha Lundström Halbert, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2023