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.
• And there’s still, just to be quite frank with you, this is the beginning of a process.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2024
• Only this time her best was not quite good enough to win.
  — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
• Not even a full recognition quite yet of what was to come.
  — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
• Keep in Mind The 496-page hardcover book may be quite heavy.
  — L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2024
• But experts aren't quite sure what this looks like just yet.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 8 June 2024
• Nothing gives off a cool and easy-going vibe quite like a linen dress.
  — Erin Johnson, Peoplemag, 31 July 2023
• So there’s a quite a nice balance between those two worlds in some ways.
  — Alex Ritman, Variety, 26 July 2024
• But nothing calls for newness quite like the changing of the seasons.
  — Alyssa Girdwain, Women's Health, 11 Aug. 2023
• He felt that the world he had loved had quite gone.
  — Edmund Wilson, New York Times Book Review, 20 July 1986
• Now, Ellison can’t quite bring the house’s features to mind.
  — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2024
• There were some breezy downhill sections that were quite fun as well.
  — John Pana, cleveland, 5 Sep. 2023
• Still, quite nice, and clouds should be mainly high level.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 27 May 2023
• Be aware that the cost to use o1 is quite higher than the other OpenAI models.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
• Her rent is quite low for Manhattan, and her bar across the street is still thriving.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 27 July 2024
• Courageous kids and their parents can also swim in the lake, which was still quite chilly in mid-June.
  — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2024
• Types of Small Pools There are many types of pools and some are quite similar to cocktail pools.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2024
• Zendaya isn't done with her blonde era—or her tennis era—quite yet.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 15 July 2024
• Bethenny Frankel's glamorous night out didn't quite go as planned.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024
• Six games into his second college season, the team’s top pro prospect doesn’t look quite ready for the NBA.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
• There will, of course, be surprises out there, some of them sure to be quite unpleasant.
  — Kim Tingley, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• In times of great and sudden calamity, many of us feel quite helpless to put into words our thoughts.
  — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 June 2024
• That’s probably because, other than the lack of semen jokes, these kids are quite similar to all of Smith’s other protagonists.
  — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024