Sentence examples for quite first from inspiring English sources

The club was at the forefront of the clean-up effort, not quite first responders but for one day at least part of the heavy lifting that characterised the early hours of what was very much a communal operation.

A neurotic, witty, irritating, grudge-holding perfectionist whose gifts were nearly but not quite first rate, Kleban was, evidently, a theater "character," beloved by theater insiders who, among other things, admired how he poured his own life experiences into his storytelling songs.

It's not quite vaporware, it's not quite ready to ship, and it's not quite first to market anymore.

Henry Hurt is a software engineer in a "first-rate building in a not quite first-rate" Southern city.

Clurman Theater There's an odd section in Act II of "Moms," a not quite first-rate tribute to Moms Mabley.

The Greeks fear that construction delays and cost overruns may reinforce the idea that their country is not quite first-world, rather than scotch it.

And as great documents, the ones that sat on a table the other day at the Pierre Hotel were not quite first-edition Fitzgeralds.

The curly-haired, cloyingly ingenuous soprano Anna Bergman epitomizes a breed of pop singer whose smiley, not quite first-class operatic voices blur the lines between pop and operetta.

Not Quite First-Rate The formula for passer rating is only slightly less complicated than Fermat's last theorem, but it may be easier to explain than the play of Drew Brees and Rex Grossman.

Wolf doesn't quite second that claim.

It's quite second-homey, so if you do move, please be sensitive to the culture and economy.