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
• Chances are, your case of RSV will feel quite similar to a run-of-the-mill cold.
  — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 30 Sep. 2024
• Not even a full recognition quite yet of what was to come.
  — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
• The laundry list of things that had to be addressed with my surgery is quite long.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2023
• Keep in Mind The 496-page hardcover book may be quite heavy.
  — L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2024
• But the rulings aren’t quite the end of more than four years of legal battles.
  — Ken Ritter, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2023
• But experts aren't quite sure what this looks like just yet.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 8 June 2024
• And be sure to start with lighter pressure, as a new dry brush will be quite firm and will need time to break in.
  — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 11 Oct. 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
• But there was another pitch, and the robots weren’t quite sure what to do with it.
  — Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 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
• First, the order of genes in its genome is quite different.
  — John V. Williams, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2023
• 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
• In a sea of pop culture witches, few have enchanted the public quite like the Owen sisters in 1998’s Practical Magic.
  — Ivana Rihter, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
• 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.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024