Sentence examples for quite rising from inspiring English sources

For Muslims the world over, as well as for liberal Americans scared they're the only people who get a nuanced joke, how do we register our displeasure without quite rising to the notion that my right not to be offended outweighs a magazine or newspaper's right to provoke?

The other elements didn't quite rise to the occasion.

It's a smart cookie that doesn't quite rise.

It's good, but it doesn't quite rise above the level of a side dish.

It's the sculpture itself that doesn't quite rise to the occasion.

But the characters never quite rise above New Yorker-cartoon-style caricature.

"Call Me Ben" doesn't quite rise to horrible embarrassment, but it is squirm inducing.

The Habibs' Lebanese-ness never quite rises above the level of prop.

The boat doesn't quite rise vertically in the water, but it gets close.

However, Sutherland's star never quite rose as high as his supporters hoped.

Scungilli never quite rose to the level of delicacy and tended not to appear on American restaurant menus.