Sentence examples for not aptly from inspiring English sources

Mr. Foote has been, not aptly, called "the Chekhov of the small town" often enough as it is.

The term stiletto, with its vixenish associations, does not aptly describe the airy plastic sandals at Donna Karan, Calvin Klein and Michael Kors; the color-block pumps at Proenza Schouler; the dainty pink latticework pumps at Cynthia Rowley; or the perforated flower sandals at Zac Posen, in tones of sand and Wedgwood blue.

Distance-based methods are sometimes constrained by lack of statistical power and are not aptly able to explain the variance in response variables (Legendre and Fortin 2010).

He created a pair of pants – though "pants" probably doesn't aptly describe the odd-fitting, ballooned-shaped outfit in prison-cell gray, complete with appliqués of what looked like random household objects scattered around the shoulder and neckline.

But, even if it is not, the aptly named Planck, a European satellite scheduled to be launched in 2007, should do the business.

That's good, because now we can be a bit amused by the story of how a British nuclear submarine — the wonderfully, if not quite aptly, named HMS Astute — got stuck in the mud just yards off the Isle of Skye.

Christopher Hitchens quoted a snapshot in "God Is Not Great," aptly calling it "sheer manic relish": "The blood continued to rise.

Banquo, a similar, if not more aptly named feature, allows you to watch online mentions of the playwright and his works in real-time.

Immediately I started to consider my mistakes: 1) I stood in front of the class for too long, talking at my students; 2) I gave directions that weren't clear enough (which meant the task wasn't as clear in my mind as I thought it was); 3) the students hadn't been aptly prepared to read these texts on their own.

"If it ain't broke" aptly describes VW's hold-steady approach to the Golf and GTI, already two of the market's most advanced small cars.

Photograph: /flickr: Brian Vauter There's also the not-so-aptly named Cave Without a Name, between San Antonio, New Braunfels and Kerrville, and the Longhorn Caverns, which have been home to Ice Age animals, Comanches, and Confederate soldiers, according to the park service.