How to Use aptitude in a Sentence

aptitude

noun

• The new test is supposed to measure the aptitudes of the students.
• The prospects don’t have the skills firms need, but have shown the aptitude to learn.
  — Eric Morath, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2018
• The size of the course plays to his strengths — mid-size irons — and his aptitude off the tee.
  — Dallas News, 11 May 2022
• Smith showed his aptitude at the beginning of a long night.
  — Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 31 Mar. 2018
• Spago has an aptitude for keeping up with the times but smartly keeps one foot in the past.
  — Patricia Escárcega, latimes.com, 27 June 2019
• But then there are those that do not have the basic aptitude discipline in needs.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2023
• And for people who share an interest and aptitude for life at that speed.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2019
• Lovullo can say the same thing about his team’s aptitude on defense.
  — Bob McManaman, azcentral, 14 May 2018
• But our aptitude for managing the future is no stronger than our skill at making sense out of the past.
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2014
• As a woman of many talents, Maye had the aptitude and desire to learn.
  — sun-sentinel.com, 23 June 2019
• What was different for Wohler was his aptitude in all of them.
  — Star Tribune, 8 Feb. 2021
• Part of the reason for the region’s wine-making aptitude lies in its unique climate.
  — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2022
• Of course all our kids have a professional aptitude for sport.
  — K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 24 June 2017
• He was remembered for his aptitude in the woods as well as his attitude.
  — Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune, 7 July 2021
• The English accent stuck, and so did an aptitude for laying down roots in new soil.
  — Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Mar. 2017
• Those who spend time around Mayer rave about his talent and aptitude.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
• Great coaches have the aptitude to identify where someone will have the best impact.
  — Damon Lembi, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
• Elizabeth senses that the woman has the aptitude to become a physician, and tells her so.
  — TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
• But this is messier and requires a little aptitude for plumbing repairs.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 16 May 2022
• More than an artist, Seurat had a keen aptitude for science.
  — Stephen James O’Meara, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2021
• Her aptitude and passion for numbers emerged at an early age.
  — Houston Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2020
• Robbie’s social aptitude and clever humor inch her closer to the curve.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2019
• If not this year, Gauff has shown the kind of aptitude on clay to win in Paris at some point in her career.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 31 May 2022
• Few seemed to share his aptitude or appetite for wearing down an opponent.
  — Stacy Schiff, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
• Paul, who has shown some aptitude for boxing, plays himself.
  — Dan Lybarger, Arkansas Online, 14 May 2021
• And, while many of the winners have shown a lifelong talent and interest in art, such an aptitude is not required.
  — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2020
• In the past, Giertz has displayed her aptitude for making robots that applaud or drop babies on the ground.
  — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2017
• Sox hitters have shown some aptitude for hitting first pitches.
  — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2018
• Biles returned home with a note suggesting she be enrolled into a class such was her natural aptitude for the sport.
  — Chris Murphy, CNN, 3 July 2017
• In keeping with this ethos, the hiring at Aman is based on attitude, not aptitude.
  — Hannah Seligson, Town & Country, 12 May 2016

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024