How to Use fitting in a Sentence

fitting

1 of 2 adjective
  • It was a fitting end to their rivalry.
  • This is all very fitting, of course.
    — Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Seems like a fitting end to his long con.
    — Chris Brennan, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Couldn’t have been more fitting.
    — Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Truly a fitting look for such a fierce star.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Fear of not fitting, fear of doing the right thing.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 10 Feb. 2026
  • If so, the timing would be fitting.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 16 June 2026
  • And that’s fitting, of course, for a ghost story.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Blue and red plaid form fitting suit, with open toed red stilettos.
    — Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • So what could be more fitting than to go chasing records once again?
    — Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • And, man, if there isn’t a more fitting image.
    — Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Frankly, this looks scary and is a fitting prequel to the films.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Martin said the word was fitting.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The nickname couldn’t be more fitting.
    — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The form fitting gown came down to her ankles in a column skirt.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 23 May 2026
  • This is fitting since rubies are best known for their red color.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
  • What could be a more fitting couples gift than one named after love?
    — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Just winning, fitting and doing the job in front of him.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
  • Brown, though, is fitting in well with the Raptors.
    — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Kind of an odd end to the fabled blade, though perhaps fitting.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The earthy color also seems very fitting for this time of year.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Which is completely fitting for this stage of her life.
    — Evan Burke, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
  • But the phrasing itself is fitting, come to think of it.
    — Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Have on hand a 10-inch nonstick pan with a tight-fitting lid.
    — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The skies are gloomy and overcast, fitting for a trip among the tombstones.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026
  • Just something about an old-school place serving tots that seems most fitting.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Plus, the floral design is fitting for year-round wear.
    — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
  • But tempos were fitting, the playing skilled and well sprung.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Most of the rayographs don’t have titles, which seems fitting.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The one-shoulder number was form-fitting with a knee-high slit up the left side.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025

fitting

2 of 2 noun
  • I have a fitting for my wedding dress this afternoon.
  • The process takes four to six weeks and involves three or four fittings.
    — Eric Wilson, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The dress was black, off-the-shoulder, short, and form fitting.
    — Dina Gachman, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The goal is that a fraction of a moment in a fitting.
    — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Be sure door and window screens are tight fitting and in good repair.
    — Hartford Courant, 27 July 2022
  • The plugs are supposed to be held in place by secure bolts and stop fittings.
    — Stephen Stock, Amy Corral, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • This year, those fittings resulted in a wide range of styles.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2023
  • That day, her son, Joseph, was in and out of the kitchen, where the fitting took place.
    — Jenny Block, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The fitting in part went smoothly for the 18-year-old with a big smile.
    — Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2023
  • People would go and tear the fittings out of the bathrooms and throw them at the stage.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The dress, which has been in the works for three months, was created over four fittings.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Chanel has a suite in Cannes and a French actress was in a fitting.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2022
  • The only strict condition at such a fitting was to bring shoes.
    — Svetlana Khachiyan, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
  • The first step finds an actor in Pickens’ chair for a fitting.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2023
  • The fittings at the top of the door plug fractured, Homendy said.
    — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2024
  • His pieces usually take about four weeks, and at least one fitting, to create.
    — Jamie Waters, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Charles will be on the road for three to four weeks without coming home or having time for a fitting.
    — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Usually we are meant to go for a fitting but end up having to be turfed out at the end of the day.
    — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2023
  • All the fittings on it are bronze, brass, aluminum, stainless steel, or monel.
    — Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Stars needed more fittings, more day looks, more campaign looks, more travel looks.
    — Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Soon would come the final costume fittings, the sound checks, the soothing of last-minute nerves.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • Her first fittings for leg prostheses came soon thereafter.
    — Boyce Upholt, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2025
  • These mabs were configured to fit that early virus, like a key fitting into a lock.
    — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The star began his day in Paris with a fitting for the show, then had a moment to tour the streets.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Some clients love fashion and fittings, and others look for a bit more direction.
    — James Manso, Footwear News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • On the other hand, forming up shackles and fittings out of a hot piece of steel is no big deal for the anvil-equipped.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The style is structured and slim fitting with a button flap on the waist that eliminates the need for a belt.
    — Amy Louise Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Over the course of two more fittings, Heifner made similar small tweaks.
    — Kaio Cesar, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • They are held in place by 12 stop fittings that keep the door from becoming dislodged.
    — Harold Maass, The Week Us, theweek, 9 Jan. 2024
  • My final fitting is on Thursday.
    — Marc Malkin, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026

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