Sentence examples for exactly a classic from inspiring English sources

I'm no Druggy McBongwater, but neediness toward subordinates is not exactly a classic sign of drug use.

Seasick Slim would have been a step too far, but Steve – not exactly a classic bluesman name – made it more believable.

The goal, too, was not exactly a classic — Michy Batshuayi bundling a shot past Ben Foster, the West Brom goalkeeper, after the ball had ricocheted around the box for several hours — but it was indicative.

The original wasn't exactly a classic, but it was on the leading edge of the alien films of the seventies (it preceded "Close Encounters" by two years) and it spawned an equally popular sequel.

Hughes started out two decades ago, at the age of twenty, with his twin brother, Albert, making "Menace II Society," not exactly a classic indie (made with an estimated $3.5 million budget under the aegis of New Line Cinema), but which received three Independent Spirit Award nominations, including Best First Feature, and won for cinematography.

PICK OF THE WEEK I'm well aware that making the Like Pick Of The Week makes me look like a guy who's upset that it's not 2004 any more (I am, bring back the New Rock Revolution!), but it's not exactly a classic week for singles releases and this is perfectly acceptable garage pop.

The scenes set in Stephanie's English class, in which "The Scarlet Letter" is being taught, reveal exactly how a classic work of literature can be bent to express a particular agenda.

Specifically, the Calendar Watch looks exactly like a classic wristwatch --round wandh face and physical hands but it syncs with your smartphone (iOS or Android) to display your schedule as a series of 15 minute wedges on an E-paper background display.

An enjoyable film may have you wishing that it will never end, but a classic knows exactly how and when to wind things up.

I'm a middle-class, coast-dwelling, urban lady prone to hives when I brush against anything green — exactly the sort, according to a classic study by Stephen Kellert, a professor of social ecology at Yale University, who most abhors hunting.

These results raise the question of exactly what qualifies as an SST front, a classic problem in edge detection.