How To Use Quite an In A Sentence

Dahl came to admire him, although he described him as “quite an erk,”** and was shocked to discover that he could barely draw. Storyteller
One State Representative said it was the largest rally he'd ever seen there and made quite an impact among his colleagues. Is parents' rally in Boston a harbinger of wider protests?
Wit and playfulness is one thing, sending your models out in full Highland regalia is quite another. Times, Sunday Times
I do get that hermitic urge. I'm quite anti-social in some ways, even with my mates.
It is quite another to attribute a sense of mechanical consciousness to ancient pre-industrial civilization.

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I must have more than 'intimated' -- I must have spoken plainly out the truth, if I do myself the barest justice, and told you long ago that the admiration at your works went _away_, quite another way and afar from the love of you. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846
Their wedding turned out to be quite an occasion.
So Frances Hodgson Rondel must, one way and another, have got quite an earful about Professor Shandy's strange avocation. SOMETHING IN THE WATER
I am quite an abrasive player who can offer certain necessary things we need to put a spanner in their works and doubts in their minds. The Sun
Jan 24 2008 Whoops, Eyak isn't quite an Athabaskan language but rather a coordinate subbranch of the Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit family, according to the Alaska Native Language Center. Archive 2008-01-01
This sounds like quite an outburst, but it's funny when she says it.
Quite an interesting place - they were manufacturing Li-thionyl chloride batteries for defence. A shout-out to the separator
Feeling guilty for the homeless is one thing, finding cheap secure accommodation for them is quite another .
Combining them so they appear harmonious and have no noticeable push-pull effect is also quite an achievement.
Romance is one thing, marriage is quite another.
We went to quite an establishment school, and a lot of my friends' parents were ambassadors or in government. Times, Sunday Times
The Cure are the personification of the not-quite and the not-yet: not quite execrated but never really respected; not punk veterans but not yet generic Goff.
I had to make my bed, help with dishes and clean the knives with pink emery powder - quite an arduous job in the days before stainless steel knives.
He did not think that a "chiel" was near, "taking notes," and will, doubtless, feel quite angry at having his character touched off in the ragged style of a slave's pen. My Bondage and My Freedom
It is one thing to kick the establishment, quite another to take a gamble of such epic proportions. Times, Sunday Times
We got lost on the Metro - it was quite an adventure.
The cooler temperatures of the last week should have quelled the amorous residents' ardour and after their recent exertions they should have quite an appetite.
By the time he was seventeen he had bought himself a second-hand car; quite an achievement in this part of the world. SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD
They teach you English in an intensive course lasting just a week; it's quite an intensive few days!
It was expected that a gentleman would pay a polite compliment to a lady of his acquaintance, but quite another matter to be seen to mean it.
The result is not quite an unholy mess, but it comes close. Times, Sunday Times
Overcoming your feelings of guilt is quite another matter. Times, Sunday Times
When Intel set up the IA - 64 project down there in Santa Clara, it sparked off quite an internal fight at the chip firm, as we reported at the time, passim.
It is quite an architectural tree and we are going for a contemporary look. Times, Sunday Times
Their wedding turned out to be quite an occasion.
But that slew is a whole other stew, and quite another story as well … An Encounter | Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast
It's not quite an open-world set-up - as set-pieces are essential to retain some storyline - but it's an exciting step. The Sun
Peter loved jazz and also was quite an authority on that subject.
It's one thing to bowdlerize copy for family consumption, it's quite another to make it sound like someone is being suspended in an act of ultra-PC idiocy because you don't print the actual quote that got them in trouble.
Combine those with the acne, and it creates quite an effect.
It was quite an event when a woman first became prime minister.
It had quite an effect on me, and may've had something to do with me going into molecular and computational biology. MIND MELD: What Book Introduced You to Science Fiction?
It is impossible to mistake a minivet, but it is quite another matter to say to which species any particular minivet belongs. Birds of the Indian Hills
This sort of thing has every danger of deteriorating into a wider cultural rift between outsiders and others, which is quite anathema to a place like Bangalore that thrives on its cosmopolitan character.
He was an expert in his area, and quite an authority on Buddhist history.
The committee were quite annoyed this year with the fact that, after all the work carried out to improve the environment of the river to allow aquatic life to survive.
They teach you English in an intensive course lasting just a week; it's quite an intensive few days!
The anti-smoking campaign had had/made quite an impact on young people.
And home hunting can be a quite an eye-opener of an experience in the city, especially if you are a newcomer looking for a roof to stay under.
When this was combined with the lower rent it could also argue for, the finally agreed deal had quite an effect.
These backstories give the characters weight and depth that informs their actions and doesn't feel incongruous, which is quite an achievement. The Year of Our War by Steph Swainston + Richard Morgan snippet
With her face-framing blonde hair, tight blue jeans and salmon-pink top, she is quite an eyeful and her voice, even if it lacks interesting colours, is accurate and true.
If the new leader does manage to unify his warring party it will be quite an achievement.
9: 54 AM melissa said ... oh yes, I'll have to think of where to send you for your eggplant fix ... normally i just buy them at Tesco but without a kitchen involved they might not be quite as appetizing. haggis, on the other hand, is quite another story - just pack a can opener and a spoon and I guarantee you'll be in gastronomic heaven all week! Keep eating eggplant Butch, that's what you're good at..
Overcoming your feelings of guilt is quite another matter. Times, Sunday Times
He had become quite an old man since I had seen him last; his deeply furrowed, copper-coloured face stood out sharply against his white hair. Punin and Baburin
But were our senses altered, and made much quicker and acuter, the appearance and outward scheme of things would have quite another face to us; and, I am apt to think, would be inconsistent with our being, or at least well-being, in this part of the universe which we inhabit. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
It's one thing to say something, but quite another to do it.
I bought myself quite an expensive electric bass guitar, so it could be about an electric bass guitar. Times, Sunday Times
The discovery of Columbus was quite an event in the world.
On the other hand, I also remember attending San Francisco Opera as a standee when I was a student and it was quite an exciting and heady experience. Susanne Mentzer: Facing the Music
And, despite our initial misgivings, it was quite an enjoyable experience. Times, Sunday Times
It is quite another thing to assess how out of balance the individual is and how to set about restoring the balance.
Well, she shouldn't be surprised, because it was quite an accurate assessment.
Overcoming your feelings of guilt is quite another matter. Times, Sunday Times
Mesquite and prickly pear, agave and tall, bloomed-out stalks of sotol gave a sparse shade for the baking land. THIS TIME LOVE
To present smart new buildings and amenities to the world is one thing, truly regenerating an area is quite another.
It was quite an event when a woman first became prime minister.
Journals is actually quite an invasive read, but there is no doubt it's a compulsive page-turner.
Children can develop bad postural habits from quite an early age.
Daydreams of living like a prince are one thing, but living in a house that has played host to kings, queens, shahs and high-ranking dignitaries is quite another.
The answer is that it is one thing to find bums for all those seats, quite another to sell the seats at profitable prices.
The views from the house are fantastic, though if you look back at old family photographs you see that it once was quite an isolated building.
We are looked upon quite benevolently, and we are quite an old fashioned company - we always pay our bills within a few days, but we are not daft!
As a result, not even the usually hearty mesquite and paloverde had yet leafed out. DEVIL'S CLAW
Quite an achievement, cause these mags are going for big bucks on eBay and the CGC-minded crowd aren't helping collectors who actually prefer to read their comics enjoy them by slabbing these babies away. 1970's Flashback: The Rook
The idea that in such an agonistic system any truth or justice, or even true facts, reliably result is, to my mind, quite analogous to the muddle of “the invisible hand” in economics, or the idea that “competition” necessarily results in an optimal market. Justin Raimondo vs. Christopher Hitchens on al-Jazeera « Antiwar.com Blog
In case you are wondering; in this context I am not referring to young Girl Guides, or delicious chocolate comestibles but to Gordon Brown's skilful habit of answering a question by using a dodgy statistic to not quite answer the question he was asked but one more to his liking. The Today programme and "Brownies"
Prof. Filehne, of Erlangen, who has studied a large number of these pyridine and quinoline derivatives, found, moreover, that the hydrochlorate of ethyl-piperidine had a physiological action quite analogous to that of conine. Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883
This autumn song is more subdued than the spring song, and sounds rather wistful, but in fact it is quite an aggressive performance. Times, Sunday Times
I wondred to see such a damn'd great tarse, for it is quite another thing when it stands, then when it lyes down.
It's actually quite an invasive operation that uses a local anaesthetic. Times, Sunday Times
Driving a car in Central London needs quite an art!
Controls are one thing; instilling fear among lawfully settled citizens is quite another. Times, Sunday Times
It is one thing to talk about 'involving the students'; it is quite another thing to actually do this.
Appearing confident at interviews is quite an art .
It's one thing making acid from air and water vapour, quite another for delicate chemical transmutation like this.
She was quite an attractive woman with her pretty auburn hair braided behind her head.
Halifax, surprisingly, had quite an array of picturesque buildings.
One of the routes mentioned has quite an exposed move round an arete high up which wouldn't suit every beginner.
Disappointing cover version aside this is quite an accomplished album that won't disappoint.
Writing these scripts has been quite an eye-opener to me. It proves that one can do anything if the need is urgent.
The two shared their ideas on battles and fights and the results came up with a quite an interesting effect.
It had been quite another waking up starkers in the gray morning light. Kiss & Break Up
Oh, it was in his eyes quite an unillumed age, that period of Elizabeth which _we_ see full of suns! and few can see what is close to the eyes though they run their heads against it; the denial of contemporary genius is the rule rather than the exception. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846
Anyway, all of his friends — our friends — were so much older than me, and we all lived together in a big house and they were all quite anti-establishment. Forty Years Later, Lesley-Anne Down Looks Back on Upstairs, Downstairs
It didn't make me unpack my bags and cancel my flight, but it was quite an omen.
Having one lodger is one thing; discovering that they are cohabiting with their partner under your roof may be quite another. Times, Sunday Times
But it's one thing reading about trilingualism in books and articles, and quite another to hear it around you in daily practice. On being linguistically defeated
There are palm trees and the weather is gorgeous all the time and it's really quite an idyllic spot.
'doxies, which is quite an assumption on my part [if I were really to make it], cf. Midwest Conservative Journal
Mark concourse was munted by then his stated aim for Truck this year and even did a bit of crowd surfing, which was nice; and Nervous Test Pilot himself was grinning like a fiend and dripping all over his technology in quite an impressive way. Truck 2006, yes, already
The series of paintings is quite an accomplishment.
The presence of booklice can be quite an annoyance; however, they rarely cause significant damage to items.
You have quite an array of lovely daff varieties, Frances. Some Bulbs « Fairegarden
Feeling guilty for the homeless is one thing, finding cheap secure accommodation for them is quite another .
We get roughly three dozen students into an elementary Latin course in first year here in Hobart, and I think that's actually quite an impressive number.
To say is one thing; to do is quite another.
Having a prosthetic hand was heavy and quite annoying when you were pretending to be a butterfly! The Sun
It is quite another to look the other way in the face of out-and-out lies, fraud, and misinformation in the arena of environmental science.
"When you look at them they look quite angelic but the amount of violence used was terrible.
Charles was sulking now, quite annoyed with all this.
My uncle has become quite an institution at the club!
a bean from the plant Prosopis juliflora, which is a shrub related to mesquite and which grows in the south-western USA.
For though the Jews have such a cabala (called gematry) as this which Mr. White describes; yet that cabala which is argued in this instance, and which our Saviour reproves in the pharisees by the name of tradition, is quite another thing, and among the Jewish writers known by the name of the "unwritten, or oral law;" which they say was delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai, and by him conveyed to Aaron and Joshua, and the elders, and successively delivered down from one age to another; and at last by Rabbi Jehudah compiled into one volume which they call Mishna, or deute'rosis. The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 10.
Seeing as they know that cachalots need quite an amount of food, and seeing as we know how much cachalots exist, we can make an estimate of how much Giant Squids are alive.
Because --" the boy spoke in an almost matter-of-fact tone -- in quite an unexalted tone at all events, "you see I can always make a strong call, as I did tonight. The Lost Prince
we've had quite an afternoon
It was quite an effort just to pull the oar level and even without my mighty power the boat was still whizzing along.
Besides, she was officially affianced to young Randall Stanger, a titled muttonhead in the Guards, and their forthcoming nuptials would be quite an event of the Season. Watershed
To say is one thing; to do is quite another.
Stepping back or getting out of institutional religion is quite an experience.
Indeed, for a pinkish, processed, canned luncheon meat surrounded in gelatinous gook, Spam has quite an amazing story to tell - and a uniquely American one at that.
With her long silky chestnut hair and a familiar twinkle in her eyes, Vivian had developed into quite an attractive young lady.
The film had quite an effect on her.
It is one thing to possess an electric bulb yet it is quite another to make it light up.
For a novelist, that's quite an accomplishment.
Coming top in the exam was quite an achievement.
It's very tempting to think and will surely be quite an orgasmic? event, but alas it's only a dream. tetralogy tetralogy* Louis Leterrier Dreams Of Epic Avengers Quadrilogy, Released Over One Summer | /Film
Sport as metaphor is one thing, but sport as a lazy plotting device is quite another. Times, Sunday Times
It's one thing to board the Titanic as it leaves port, but quite another to come on board when the water is coming over the gunwales.
It is one thing to kick the establishment, quite another to take a gamble of such epic proportions. Times, Sunday Times
it's quite an art
I didn't have the date but I had the kiss funny enough because she was so excited after finishing the semi finals the other day she ran backstage, jumped into my arms and planted a full smacker on my lips so I may have broken her duck (ph) there which I must say is quite an honor. CNN Transcript May 29, 2009
It is true that his programme is original, though whether it is funny is quite another matter.
What makes it especially stupid is that Erl had quite an about-face and said that CC and I had been correct in many of our criticisms. Holy crap. The stupid.
Well in fact that esoteric knowledge is quite an important theme in conspiracy theories.
The aviary was the only pristine place in the realm-quite an exorbitance, given the aerial army it would take to protect the place. Time Streams
the party was quite an affair
I am quite an emotional person but I am shrouded in a fairly straight exterior.
As the directors of the Vivarium revealed in their plan, the proposed laboratory would function as the regulator for the supplies, the dosimetry, and the handling and shipment of radium in Austrian hospitals. 91 It was one thing for the scientists to require a new research laboratory and it was quite another to envision themselves as the regulators of radium supplies in the hospitals of the entire country. Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna
It's one thing to know in theory that governments always spy on each other, quite another to see set out in a memo the detail of how the spying will be done.
It is one thing for adults to take vows and fulfil them, and quite another when a vow is taken in the name of a child.
Where Monica was bold and brassy, Amanda was quite and demure.
I find this quite annoying as tightening the wheel in the track dropouts puts addition pressure on the bearings making it difficult to adjust.
He was quite an eccentric character. Times, Sunday Times
To be the first foreigner to complete the dauntingly long and dangerous journey along the entire Brahmaputra river is quite an accolade.
Prof. Filehne, of Erlangen, who has studied a large number of these pyridine and quinoline derivatives, found, moreover, that the hydrochlorate of ethyl-piperidine had a physiological action quite analogous to that of conine. Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883
That was what the USA forgot when it began its ill-starred adventure in Vietnam: it is one thing to have strategic ambitions but quite another to pay for them in cash and young lives.
It was quite an achievement to keep smiling when his heart must have been aching.
Cllr Mary Kelly said the Town Council offices at Market Square had quite an amazing history.
It was quite an event when a woman first became prime minister.
It is quite another to conclude from the capacity for evil that forms an intrinsic part of the human condition that all are equally infamous. The Times Literary Supplement
The series of paintings is quite an accomplishment.
Needless to say, this has caused quite an upstir with people speculating if the ISP is violating swedish law by doing so, or at least breaking the signed agreement of delivering full access to the internet to their customers. I Wish Google Could Buy AllofMP3
It is quite an architectural tree and we are going for a contemporary look. Times, Sunday Times
Bear in mind that the church was completely full on each of these days, and to have the entire congregation chant psalms and antiphons from books with 'square notation' is quite an achievement. Tenebrae at Blackfriars Oxford
Nearly every patch of mesquite and tamarisk from San Diego east, at least every patch large enough to afford shade and cover, hides a green-striped vehicle, ‘limas verdes,’ or green limes in border slang.
Torbjørn Rødland is a video and still photography artist with quite an interesting portfolio.
With the dollar at $1.24 to the pound, property in Florida was quite an attractive investment.
Living in a foreign land, not being fluent in the language, yet still being able to communicate can be quite an accomplishment.
Quite an interesting crowd when you come to think of it, for its size and babel of tongues! but, my certie! From Edinburgh to India & Burmah
But it's one thing for a radio announcer to read promos between innings, quite another for a pair of TV announcers to pass themselves off as innocents as they shill.
‘It's quite an honour to be asked to come back for a third time,’ says the choreographer as he scribbles notes mid-rehearsal.
It makes for quite an eclectic mix, with elements of soul, funk, gospel and Rasta thrown into the hip-hop mix.
It is not quite an electronic spy in the sky but the information superhighway is being engaged to keep farms down remote rural lanes safer from thieves.
They are quite an attraction, lots of people come to have, like relatives who are visiting family in the area, take a detour to come and have a look.
Having one lodger is one thing; discovering that they are cohabiting with their partner under your roof may be quite another. Times, Sunday Times
The Shadow Education Secretary said he was ‘quite angry’ that the Prime Minister had ‘effectively wasted eight years’ in offering head - teachers the powers grant-maintained schools had enjoyed.
It had quite an effect on me, and may've had something to do with me going into molecular and computational biology. MIND MELD: What Book Introduced You to Science Fiction?
In due course you will probably all qualify as psychoanalysts, but whether some or all of you will ever become psychoanalysts is quite another matter.
Christina was in quite an ebullient mood during our session today.
This must have been quite an achievement on a rope ladder and, to the best of my knowledge, he was not a very strong or athletic person.
It is quite another and much more nefarious to say that he knew what the evidence was but he turned it in his favor, as one would consider when one uses words like "railroading" suspects in this case, which is what they're saying in this case and is the reason that he should be disbarred. CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2007
Among the roots, it mentions _Openauk_, which must have been what we call the pea-nut, which is now largely cultivated along that coast, and is quite an article of commerce. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
MPs live quite an abnormal life, and a lot of the time they are away from home.
I brined it only overnight and smoked it with mesquite and wine-cask oak in a weber smoker (borrowed). Smokin' Meat!
A tonic resolution such as that at the end of this piece seems to me have quite an ironic quality.
The discovery of Columbus was quite an event in the world.
My uncle has become quite an institution at the club!
The argument here presented is that if errors are due … to cross-association, then the Japanese form of error should be one thing and the Bantu form quite another …. E is for Error « An A-Z of ELT
It's one thing to say something, but quite another to do it.
Getting up this morning was quite an effort .
He is quite an original thinker and really did invent the idea of Mozart as a brat so convincingly that now most people think it's fact.
Since the ink incident she hasn't gone anywhere near me, and I find that quite an agreeable situation.
Joining in a united front against fascism is one thing, but being party to attacks on the working class is quite another.
Not quite a sculpture and not quite an installation, it's probably best described as a three-dimensional drawing. Nancy Spero: no pity
Not like the typical wild untamed people, he was someone different, and depicted in the media over quite an extended period of time in that way.
It is one thing to live life as a movie star, under the constant glare of one kind of spotlight and restrictions in one's private life but quite another to be the consort of a reigning Prince and representing the citizens of an entire nation.
Taking a whirlwind tempo, as he did, is one thing; but failing to inflect the smaller motivic units that comprise it is quite another.
Whether it would be sufficient to satisfy extraordinary demands such as those of national defense in today's world is, of course, quite another story.
When a totalitarian communist dictatorship rises to power, it is quite another thing.
Two months of constant parenting without any food are quite another. Times, Sunday Times
There was quite an array of heavy machinery in sight, but none close enough to be a plausible source of accident.
In dealings with others you are diplomatic, tactful and intuitive, quite an impressive list. The Sun
There are always people you know by name and face because they really haven't changed all that much and they left quite an impression on you even after all these years.
I've been told that she was quite an eyeful in her youth.
It was one thing to "banish" a "demon" no one could see-it was quite another to actually defeat such a creature in a battle anyone could see with his own eyes! The Robin And The Kestrel
It's quite an emotive issue for me. Times, Sunday Times
To escape by my own cunning, in the face of danger and by my own will, was one thing -- to be ordered away from the battle like a spado was quite another. The Urth of the New Sun
It's actually quite an invasive operation that uses a local anaesthetic. Times, Sunday Times
But the slogan of freedom masquerading as moral clarity is quite another.
It is quite another to attribute a sense of mechanical consciousness to ancient pre-industrial civilization.
I hope for his sake he's single, or in a celibate relationship, or he'll be building up quite an audience soon.
But consuming large amounts of food and drink while lying on one's side, waiting to use the vomitorium, is quite another.

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