Sentence examples for does not quite from inspiring English sources

"does not quite" is correct and usable in written English.
It usually implies that something is close but not exactly what was expected or desired. For example, "The movie was interesting, but it does not quite hit the mark."

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Phillips does not quite answer.

It does not quite convince.

Fry does not quite succeed.

Madagascar does not quite stink.

She does not quite remember.

The song does not quite remember.

But this does not quite fit.

Brave, perhaps, does not quite capture it.

The authority does not quite agree.

He does not quite sound beleaguered.

Even he does not quite understand it.

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