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

The aptness of “Come From Away” for a 9/11 remembrance is irrefutable.

From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2021

However, having worked past startlement, not to say consternation, most will acknowledge the peculiar aptness of Farrell’s approach.

From New York Times • May 14, 2019

The Moldovan-born violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, this year’s music director, had selected her programs long before December, but they spoke with eerie aptness to a town that had faced an apocalypse.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2018

“Tree-ear! Eh, again you see the aptness of your name. You are like the ears of a scrawny little tree, noticed by none but hearing all!”

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park