quite something

noun

: a major event

It was quite something for a small-town boy to be interviewed for the national news.

Examples of quite something in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jacob Whitehead In praise of Mads Pedersen Mads Pedersen is quite something. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 25 July 2026

But the segment from the Fox studio approximately a week into the tournament, as Lowe explained that Lalas was covering the USA-Australia game in Seattle, was quite something. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 28 June 2026

Friedrich Merz in Germany is more unpopular than Starmer, which is quite something. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 May 2026

Ryan, who also serves as executive producer, writer, and showrunner, laughed when asked in a separate interview about his first pass on Basso; the beard was quite something. — Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026