Sentence examples for the aptness from inspiring English sources
noun
Suitability; the quality of being apt or suitable
The aptness of the metaphor, though, isn't about bombs.
The aptness of her village's name couldn't have escaped Martins.
Feldman is at once subtle and candid about the aptness of his narrative.
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At his church, where co-workers noted the aptness of his first name, no one expected otherwise.
The aptness of ophthalmology as a metaphor for national leadership ("I see a great nation," as F.D.R. said) remains, at this point, unexploited.
Only in the late 1920s, when it accommodated hundreds of prisoners dying of typhoid, did the aptness of the name become obvious.
So much so that by the end of A Brief History I was reminded of the aptness of the Jamaican motto: "Out of Many, One People".
But most of the staff and some local residents opposed it, questioning the aptness of naming the school for someone still in office.
The aptness of the phrase ensured it attached itself to the legend even though, as Lycett points out, there is no evidence that Thomas's doctors ever used it.
Similar arguments about the aptness of invoking Vietnam are likely to grow in frequency and volume as Mr. Morris's film reaches a wider audience.
