Sentence examples for aptly but from inspiring English sources

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Yet Payne cast his film according to performance norms of nearly a decade ago: the character actors whom he promotes to co-starring roles take his direction pliably and deliver their lines aptly but they have neither the charisma-in-immobility of true stars (with the exception of Robert Forster) nor the unpredictability and spontaneity of mere being that less trained but looser actors can bring.

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The verb to bird-dog means "to search for relentlessly" or, more aptly, "doggedly," but not "speedily".

Things inevitably sag a little towards the end ("Slow Motion" is aptly named) but even that can't dint the prevailing mood of jubilation.

Mercifully, there are few guest appearances – the addition of Duane Eddy's signature twang to a couple of songs is aptly done, but do we really need Michael Bublé duetting on "Fever"?

"It was like investigating a murder in Brigadoon," thinks the aptly named but thoroughly hacked-off DCI John Marvel as he struggles to solve the sudden crimewave in Shipcott, a moorland village in Somerset with a rapidly declining population.

Moreno seems aptly proud but still shakes her head in disgust at the decades of typecasting she suffered — playing Hispanic "spitfires" (she was horrified when Bosley Crowther of The New York Times used that word to describe her in his "West Side Story" review) and smoldering sexpots of other nationalities (Thai in "The King and I," lots of American Indians).

It's an awkwardly but aptly named new fruit, a cross of nectarine, apricot and plum.

Probably he was untrained, but aptly at hand was Nicholas Hawksmoor, the accomplished clerk of the great architect Sir Christopher Wren.

"Such names as 'Vampire'Jezebel'el', 'Swastika' or even 'Mrs Glasse' aptly fit her, but would ill become a peregrine".

Naturally enough, it was greeted with a splash in The Sun, headlined predictably but aptly What a banker!

At one point during the trial, Judge Patrick Higginbotham sneeringly but aptly reminded them that, back when they held power, "You rewarded your friends and punished your enemies.

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