quite something
noun
: a major event
It was quite something for a small-town boy to be interviewed for the national news.
Examples of quite something in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
To have a president of anywhere say that is quite something.
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Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 21 Jan. 2024
What to See An ode to Art Deco architecture, Santa Anita’s quite something to behold and worthy of getting all dressed up.
—Mosha Lundström Halbert, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2023
Complete destruction of the surrounding tissue is really, really quite something.
—Analisa Novak, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2023
From the cascading colors of autumn leaves to the abundance of fun fall activities, the turn of the season is quite something, even down here in the South.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023
That’s quite something as the SE has previously been based on a less recent chassis than this.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
The timing is quite something, though almost certainly coincidental.
—Chris Welch, The Verge, 15 May 2023
Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 21 Jan. 2024
What to See An ode to Art Deco architecture, Santa Anita’s quite something to behold and worthy of getting all dressed up.
—Mosha Lundström Halbert, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2023
Complete destruction of the surrounding tissue is really, really quite something.
—Analisa Novak, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2023
From the cascading colors of autumn leaves to the abundance of fun fall activities, the turn of the season is quite something, even down here in the South.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023
That’s quite something as the SE has previously been based on a less recent chassis than this.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
The timing is quite something, though almost certainly coincidental.
—Chris Welch, The Verge, 15 May 2023
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“Quite something.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quite%20something. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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