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.
• The laundry list of things that had to be addressed with my surgery is quite long.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2023
• 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
• The new windows on the facade are quite large, allowing natural light to flood in.
  — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 7 Mar. 2023
• But even though these two races eight years apart had identical statewide outcomes, the voting patterns were quite different.
  — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
• The hope in 2023 is for fewer deviations from what the club deems to be normal, and lows that aren't quite so low.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 31 Mar. 2023
• However, a new study suggests that these experiences may be quite different.
  — Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
• These are the season 2 questions fans need answered following the murderous boat scene — and quite frankly, so does White.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
• Americans spend decades saving for retirement, never quite sure how much is enough or what sort of life that money will ultimately buy.
  — Veronica Dagher, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2023
• The unnamed grandmother is a hardy woman quite content to live with minimal comforts in an unheated, rustic house even as her health declines.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
• The bottom line: The job market may not be quite as weak as the recent payroll reports suggest — but there's a lot of uncertainty attached.
  — Courtenay Brown, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
• The thing is, those criticizing the call for a pause on A.I. development have quite different reasons for doing so.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
• Each setting performed exactly as expected, and the highest stream setting was quite powerful, removing mud from an Adirondack chair with ease.
  — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023
• 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
• 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
• But there was another pitch, and the robots weren’t quite sure what to do with it.
  — Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024