Sentence examples for but never exactly from inspiring English sources

A loser in the game of life, Leonard has arranged things in his own mind so that he can keep playing but never exactly win.

When Walcott spoke, he was brusque but never exactly rude: he has a British penchant for distancing through politeness, and for teasing as a means of expressing hurt, anger, and resentment.

Children of Foreign Service officers, the military, corporate workers transferred between different international locations — all learn these powers of observation, all learn exactly who they are but never exactly where they are.

And yet there were some significant distinctions -- often buried in quick asides meant to hint, but never exactly state, how each man might run the country differently from the other.

Instead, the far-from-equilibrium dynamics are indicative of a future that is similar to the present but never exactly the same [23].

It is calculated at the experimental CG positions where the defocus is minimal (but never exactly zero).

As in all his best work from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf onwards, Albee implies there is a malaise affecting American society; but he never exactly defines the source of the unhappiness motivating Martin and the fellow-sufferers he meets at a therapy session.

DVD Movie Guide's Colin Jacobson said the episode "presented an odd viewpoint, since [Santa's Little Helper] never behaved this badly in prior episodes, but consistency never exactly was the hallmark of the series".

Life is hard here but it has never exactly been perfect.

But it's never exactly the same process from one work to the next.

They handle it better than anyone, but it is never exactly comfortable, needing to win every day.