QUITE in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for QUITE, such as:
1. Dan's actually quite nice, unlike his father.
2. The situation was quite out of their control.
3. I'm quite willing to accept the consequences.
4. I blush to admit it, but I quite like her music.
5. The dress was absolutely plain, but quite stunning.
2. The situation was quite out of their control.
3. I'm quite willing to accept the consequences.
4. I blush to admit it, but I quite like her music.
5. The dress was absolutely plain, but quite stunning.
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Meanings and Examples of QUITE
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quite
ad. actually or truly or to an extreme
ad. of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 If you were asked to prove that two and two made four, you might find some difficulty, and yet you are quite sure of the fact.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
2 Well, if a man can stride four and a-half feet without the smallest effort, he can't be quite in the sere and yellow.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
3 There is much that is still obscure, though I have quite made up my mind on the main facts.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
4 Gregson looked quite crest-fallen.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
5 "It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
6 "It was quite thick enough before," grumbled Lestrade, taking a chair.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
7 He was quite dead, and had been for some time, for his limbs were rigid and cold.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
8 Woodwork and glass gave way before him; but before he got quite through, Gregson, Lestrade, and Holmes sprang upon him like so many staghounds.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
9 It ain't quite regular, but He won't mind that, you bet.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
10 At the end of that time, however, his memory of his wrongs and his craving for revenge were quite as keen as on that memorable night when he had stood by John Ferrier's grave.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
11 It would be quite as deadly, and a good deal less noisy than firing across a handkerchief.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
12 Clover was a stout motherly mare approaching middle life, who had never quite got her figure back after her fourth foal.
13 The situation was quite out of their control.
14 Old Benjamin, the donkey, seemed quite unchanged since the Rebellion.
15 Their relations with the human race were now not quite the same as they had been before.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Level of education is actually quite a poor indicator of ability to run a business well.
2 Unfortunately these drugs are quite toxic and hinder the body's ability to fight off infection.
3 His skill lies in his ability to communicate quite complex ideas very simply.
4 The dress was absolutely plain, but quite stunning.
5 I'm quite willing to accept the consequences.
6 The account he gives of his childhood is quite fictitious.
7 Sometimes, that standard is quite difficult, if not impossible, to achieve.
8 Though John and Andrew look exactly alike, they act quite differently.
9 Dan's actually quite nice, unlike his father.
10 She couldn't quite believe that all this was actually happening to her.
11 Strangely enough, when it came to the exam I actually felt quite relaxed.
12 Although they look similar, these plants are actually quite distinct.
13 I blush to admit it, but I quite like her music.
14 I thought I knew quite a lot about electrical things, but when I was given this old radio to repair, I had to admit that I'd met my match.
15 The oppressive afternoon heat had quite tired him out.