Sentence examples for not quite able from inspiring English sources

But I was the only one provoked, and I covered the water again and again, doing no good but not quite able to quit.

Right now, we're not quite able to do that.

"He seems not quite able to articulate why he'd want to be mayor.

She inches across its surface, not quite able to squeeze under the lines of light.

I think he is still pinching himself, not quite able to believe his luck.

Bopara was not quite able to see things out himself either.

(Mr. Gurney isn't quite able to smooth over the awkwardness of these entrances and exits).

"I wasn't quite able to move the way that I would have liked.

He wasn't quite able to reach the rail on his first jump, but the second try looked easy.

More importantly, I was able to determine my best method of studying, something I wasn't quite able to achieve as an undergraduate.

"But I wasn't quite able to get there today — I was still extremely nervous when I went out of the gate".