dead-on
Example Sentences
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It’s one of many amusingly dead-on observations about the nature of popular music today, whether at the end that enjoys global adulation or at the opposite extreme.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Weirdly, your timing was dead-on for people searching for a comedic break from what is going on in the world.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024
Though the voice is decidedly Irish, the message of Michael Magee’s dead-on debut novel is universal.
From New York Times • May 15, 2023
It’s a dead-on impression of Sorokin, according to Pressler and others who know the real Anna, it makes for a dead-on-arrival performance.
From Seattle Times • May 5, 2022
Major Tooth stops pacing and does a dead-on impression of Winston Churchill’s bulldog growl: “We shall never surrender!”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
