Sentence examples for quite 1 from inspiring English sources

Though not quite 1 p.m., fruity and sweet-smelling candles sat lighted around the house.

My point of view: I admired the story this morning when I read it in the print edition, with its telling details: "Though not quite 1 p.m., fruity and sweet-smelling candles sat lighted around the house".

He was not quite 10 years old.

I'm quite '50s-oriented, really".

He died on June 2 , 1941 not quite 38.

Foxx, from Texas and real poverty, is not quite 40.

Not bad for someone who is not quite 40.

She was not quite 13 when her mother married Hugh D. Auchincloss.

New York came next; he still wasn't quite 13.

The result is a "car" not quite 45 inches wide.

She is not quite 5 feet 7 inches and weighs 115 pounds, her mother said.