Sentence examples for not quite capable from inspiring English sources

In both of those videos, though, he's funny, probably just trying to cut through the tedium, sparring with people not quite capable of keeping up.

Mr. Farrell wants to shake up the testosterone quotient by casting a woman as the banished Duke of Aumerle, but Ellen Zachos struggles more than anyone -- she's not quite capable of the "daring tongue" Shakespeare attributes to this lord.

Conditioned by the immense spectacle and horror of September 11th, the media horde was unsure of itself, not quite capable of recalibrating its coverage to the gruesome but more ordinary subject at hand.

The unexpectedness of these scenes adds to the shocking effect, but it also invites the suspicion that St. Aubyn isn't quite capable of juxtaposing comedy and savagery in a way that would enhance the effects of both.

For all his talk of turning over a new leaf, he's still capable of pulling the trigger when he has to – something that the Network's newest recruit, Wilson Wilson, isn't quite capable of; even when it's the spoon-wielding Lee.

The new X5s (the old ones have been renamed the X10s) have more high-end emphasis, apparently; either they felt the X10s were too bass-heavy or the new driver isn't quite capable of the range.

Others provide a mix of two classes – the rhino-like Grux and amphibian-gorilla hybrid Rampage, for example, are equally capable as melee fighters and tanks, though not quite as capable at either role as pure melee fighters and tanks.

That's faster than the D90 but not quite as capable as the D300S.

Watching Killing Them Softly, watching Gandolfini watch Pitt – warily, boozily, too quick to anger but not gone, not quite, still capable, still dangerous – is a terribly sad experience to have.

This observation indicates that models trained on scientific abstracts are not quite as capable of recognizing chemical entities from patents.

But in the end, Williams, a four-time Grand Slam singles champion and the No. 2-seeded player, made the type of big shots under knee-buckling pressure that Hantuchova, seeded No. 28 and with no Tour titles, is not yet quite capable of making.