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.
  • But that didn’t quite work out.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The beats just don’t quite land.
    — ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
  • The smell of the bar is quite strong.
    — Olivia Rose Rushing, InStyle, 7 Jan. 2026
  • That's not quite how it's played out.
    — Rishabh Chanana, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • That said, this couch fits me quite well.
    — Noah Kaufman, Architectural Digest, 7 Mar. 2026
  • And that seems to be a quite naïve view.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • For far too long, brooches were quite unloved.
    — Natalie Cantell, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Okay, maybe just one pass wasn’t quite enough.
    — Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Which is how award shows should be, quite frankly!
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Vi Lyles isn’t quite ready yet.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
  • There is no one quite like Raphael.
    — Abbi Jacobson, IndieWire, 30 May 2026
  • It's been quite a year for Rachel.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Just keep in mind, your crust won’t be quite as tall.
    — Molly Allen, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
  • There’s nowhere in Venice quite like it.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Both quite lovely but not the same.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026
  • Young happens to be quite good too.
    — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The tone is formal but not quite right.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • Nowhere else on Earth looks or feels quite like this.
    — Lily Bunker, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The balance of that can get quite thrown off.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t put away your mower quite yet.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Without sun, the glow can be quite faint.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
  • That outlook seems quite bleak.
    — Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2025

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