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
In my bones I felt the painful aptness of the simile.
From The New Yorker ● May 2, 2016
The imagery suggested a weaponlike thing that was not and would not be used as a weapon, hence its aptness and its stickiness.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2011
“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
