Sentence examples for not exactly yes from inspiring English sources

But that, strangely, is where we find ourselves today, because today we're exploring the nether regions of the disco milky way: this is cosmic disco, and cosmic disco's not exactly "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie".

As the fair's opening day wore on, the mood wasn't exactly "yes we can" but more "maybe we just might".

As the CMU study reveals (though with a sample size of 21, it's not exactly universal), yes indeed, young'uns do place a high value on their virtual items.

He had never said no, but he hadn't exactly said yes either.

The lawyer played one recording of Mr. Hussain asking Mr. Cromitie that if God asked him to "go to the jihad, would you say, 'Allahu akbar'?" "He doesn't exactly say yes, but he doesn't exactly say no," Mr. Briccetti said.

Not exactly, but no – no, yes, no, as they say – I doubt I will be going.

Not exactly as depicted, but yes it did, in places that, as if in a totalitarian world, existed on no map.

Sarah Parish: Yes, exactly, yes.

Not exactly a bucket list, but yes, the same idea.

I've never thought of our former poet laureate as a bold man; sensitive, serious, passionate yes, but not exactly bold.

Well, yes, it's not exactly easy.