How to Use aptitude in a Sentence

aptitude

noun

• The new test is supposed to measure the aptitudes of the students.
• The size of the course plays to his strengths — mid-size irons — and his aptitude off the tee.
  — Dallas News, 11 May 2022
• The prospects don’t have the skills firms need, but have shown the aptitude to learn.
  — Eric Morath, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2018
• If not this year, Gauff has shown the kind of aptitude on clay to win in Paris at some point in her career.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 31 May 2022
• Smith showed his aptitude at the beginning of a long night.
  — Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 31 Mar. 2018
• As a woman of many talents, Maye had the aptitude and desire to learn.
  — sun-sentinel.com, 23 June 2019
• Spago has an aptitude for keeping up with the times but smartly keeps one foot in the past.
  — Patricia Escárcega, latimes.com, 27 June 2019
• Based on aptitude, though, the Rangers are likely to challenge him with a start at Double-A Frisco.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2021
• Part of the reason for the region’s wine-making aptitude lies in its unique climate.
  — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2022
• Lovullo can say the same thing about his team’s aptitude on defense.
  — Bob McManaman, azcentral, 14 May 2018
• But then there are those that do not have the basic aptitude discipline in needs.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2023
• The English accent stuck, and so did an aptitude for laying down roots in new soil.
  — Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Mar. 2017
• What was different for Wohler was his aptitude in all of them.
  — Star Tribune, 8 Feb. 2021
• But our aptitude for managing the future is no stronger than our skill at making sense out of the past.
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2014
• Sexton showed an aptitude for music at an early age and played the flute in the marching band at Cortez High School in Phoenix.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2021
• And for people who share an interest and aptitude for life at that speed.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2019
• Work was supposed to be a promised land of fulfillment, a place where your aptitudes would flourish and—bonus—you’d get paid.
  — Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 1 July 2024
• The big problem, though, is that Matthews and his actors have little aptitude for the Brooks style of comedy.
  — Daryl H. Miller, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
• Those who spend time around Mayer rave about his talent and aptitude.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
• More than an artist, Seurat had a keen aptitude for science.
  — Stephen James O’Meara, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2021
• In the past, Giertz has displayed her aptitude for making robots that applaud or drop babies on the ground.
  — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2017
• In keeping with this ethos, the hiring at Aman is based on attitude, not aptitude.
  — Hannah Seligson, Town & Country, 12 May 2016
• Jones wasted little time showing his aptitude at the G League Elite Camp.
  — Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 22 June 2021
• The author’s grandfather Stephen was born in 1907 and quickly showed an aptitude for the piano.
  — Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2024
• Hawkins showed no obvious aptitude for the game, but Mr. Smith noticed one thing that was special about him.
  — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022
• He was remembered for his aptitude in the woods as well as his attitude.
  — Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune, 7 July 2021
• Instead of squandering that aptitude, the movie treats her as an action hero too.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
• And, while many of the winners have shown a lifelong talent and interest in art, such an aptitude is not required.
  — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2020
• Yet Harris also showed an aptitude for building alliances within the Party.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
• Just weeks after his birth, Rhythm was already displaying evidence of a natural aptitude for dance in videos Sagi received from the breeder — lying on a bed while tapping and crossing his paws, and also walking backward.
  — Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024