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
• Nothing gives off a cool and easy-going vibe quite like a linen dress.
  — Erin Johnson, Peoplemag, 31 July 2023
• 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
• 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
• But that is not an option when the lives of adventurers, some of them quite wealthy, are at extreme risk.
  — Adam Geller, Fortune, 26 June 2023
• The lofted cotton fill seemed to have the same warming properties as down and was quite breathable.
  — Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2024
• The seat itself is quite compact at 42 inches, although the stand spans 63 inches.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 26 June 2023
• The good news is that said bourbon is quite good, and ultimately that’s the most important thing.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2023
• Swift is on cloud nine, the source indicated, and really is quite smitten with The 1975 singer.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 2 June 2023
• Though Halan brings Aster safely on board, neither quite trusts the other.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Nov. 2023
• In the video, Lopez is quite literally bound to an abusive partner.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2024
• Nothing puts a damper on a day of activities quite like having to squeeze into a pair of shoes.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023
• These ones are quite spacious and boxy, unlike the narrower and rigid toe boxes of other brands.
  — Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2023
• Two hundred local dimming zones compete with the Hisense above, but this can't quite match it on brightness.
  — Parker Hall, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2023
• But no society has embraced the mullet quite like Australia, where the cut enjoyed cult status in the 1980s.
  — Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024