aptness

Example Sentences

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While offensive lineman Dylan Parham has plenty of upsides, offensive line coach Carmen Bricillo might look to address the Raiders’ third-round pick’s aptness for false-start penalties.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2022

Like many who encounter the variety, Masabni also delights in the aptness of its name.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2022

In my bones I felt the painful aptness of the simile.

From The New Yorker • May 2, 2016

Consider the following line, which, whatever its aptness, makes for an exuberantly buffoonish conditional: "If Dom Pérignon is the Porsche 911 Carrera of the wine world, then Dom Pérignon Rosé is the 911 Turbo."

From Slate • May 5, 2012

But the aptness of the cliched saying is overshadowed by the nature of the saying as a cliche.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini