Now, I'm force to acknowledge just how apt the phrase can be. (bookpage.com)
The encounter with death finally enables Ivan to see that he has lived the life of an «automatic cultural person,» to use Ernest Becker's apt phrase for a life lived in accord with the messages of culture. (religion-online.org)
Even so, Anglo - conformity is not an entirely apt phrase with which to characterize the American culture of the 20th century or even of the 19th. (religion-online.org)