be apt
Example Sentences
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“And I think those both continue to be apt descriptors of what the electric sector is facing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The timing for Dickens’s Industrial Revolution jabs may be apt, but this outing’s gilded extravagance muffles the author’s less-is-moral observations.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
“Planned resettlement” suggests a more authority-led process, which, in some contexts, may be apt.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2022
An estimated 10 percent of the U.S. population has been diagnosed with diabetes, a number that may be apt to rise in the near future.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2022
He seemed like a person for whom the word “jolly” would always be apt.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
