be apt
Example Sentences
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According to Andy Ellis, an information security expert and lifelong Tolkien fan, Palantir's name may be apt, but it was "not well thought through."
From Salon • Feb. 16, 2023
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
Without a safe spot, the animal might be apt to claw at your chest in terror.
From Scientific American • Feb. 14, 2022
He seemed like a person for whom the word “jolly” would always be apt.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
