Sentence examples for got at something from inspiring English sources

"It got at something thematically that I always thought was important.

Holly's an amazing writer, and she's only gone and done it again with How Hard Can Love Be? Plus, she's got at something too with that question; love's complicated.

I'm about to begin the hideous listing process — and look, I'm just going to list some TV shows, because you can only spend so many years evading the pressure before you realize it's easier to just make a list, because December is almost over — but my friend's question got at something that's bugged me all fall, as the listing ritual commenced.

The famous pop quiz that he flunked last year, about foreign leaders, may have been silly in some respects, but it perhaps got at something deeper: this is a man who is often very casual about geopolitical information, and it is another way in which he is an unusual and sometimes awkward candidate.

Designer Scott Sternberg was really pushing the sporty thing this season; somehow, his parka and anorak riffs got at something dreamy.

And the arguments they invoked inspired me because they got at something compelling.

Ms. Worden is getting at something here.

Both actors get at something unnerving.

Still, the Norwegians were also getting at something more affirmative.

And with Crane I wanted to get at something meaty.

Ai Weiwei is getting at something really sublime.