be apt
Example Sentences
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However, it may be apt considering 61,000 Europeans died in last year's heatwave, according to a recent study in Nature Medicine and this one is just getting started.
From Salon • Jul. 20, 2023
“Planned resettlement” suggests a more authority-led process, which, in some contexts, may be apt.
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2022
Without a safe spot, the animal might be apt to claw at your chest in terror.
From Scientific American • Feb. 14, 2022
They can be apt responses to events that we don’t yet understand, with outcomes that we can’t predict.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2021
He seemed like a person for whom the word “jolly” would always be apt.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
