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every inch a ___
- “Every inch a ___†describes someone whose appearance seems perfectly fitting to his or her profession or status: “The general stood straight and tall at the podium, looking every inch a soldier.â€
Example Sentences
The Gunners looked every inch a team without a recognised main forward as they laboured and spluttered to break down Leicester City's game but limited resistance at King Power Stadium.
Vought, however, is every inch a type most Americans know well and loathe: the creepy religious fanatic.
“Folie†is every inch a sequel to “Joker,†told in the same heightened cinematic language, with key collaborators returning.
With height, lively pace and the ability to swing the ball, he is every inch a fast bowler, as if the cricketing gods have built a paceman from scratch.
It was every inch a product of the camp, Pop Artful 1960s, but, like “Star Wars†a decade later, soaked through with nostalgia; gadgetry aside, it took its cues from B-grade crime films, old-time radio serials and the relatively straightforward costumed-heroes versus costumed-villains scenario of the early Batman comics.
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