apt

Example Sentences

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Scorsese’s timing seems apt, both culturally and commercially.

From The Wall Street Journal

Both titles seemed apt on the day I arrived, and, as fog wafted over a nearby summit, I visited Art Street, a park with theaters, music festivals, restaurants and cafes.

From Los Angeles Times

If ever the Shakespearean warning about those who “doth protest too much” seemed apt, Skandalakis’ overly long preface to his motion surely qualifies.

From Salon

Buchan realized that “an old regime was passing away,” and that the “vanishing” of one world and the arrival of another was “apt to crush those who had to meet it.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Given how bloody these three contact sports can get, it’s no wonder the venue grew to be known by a less flattering yet more apt name, “The Theatre of Violence.”

From Los Angeles Times