Sentence examples for quite pay from inspiring English sources

At times, the hard work in the kitchen doesn't quite pay off.

The piece doesn't quite pay off in the end, but watching it, you admire the attempt.

Even where choreography or casting didn't quite pay off, nothing broke the mood.

But a longer monologue in which he identifies "the four stages of anger" doesn't quite pay off.

In the closing section of the opera, composer and librettist took a considerable risk that didn't quite pay off on opening night.

Too many matters, medical and otherwise, go unexplained, and the intimations of grand conspiracy that pursue Eddie don't quite pay off the way you want them to.

It's looking like Harry's promotion gambit last week hasn't quite paid off yet.

The two boys' number, "Expressing Yourself," in which dresses on hangers dance with them, is a charming idea, but the visual invention never quite pays off.

As Day-Lewis plays him, Lincoln recedes into himself; he seems to be not quite paying attention — a trick he uses to draw people out.

There is little that gets up people's noses so much as a young, pretty actor who it is felt (rightly or wrongly) has not quite paid her dues.

"There was no doubt for me that appointing Paul Lambert as a manager was a gamble, and it hasn't quite paid off.