Ruth Glick

For me, the perfect romantic suspense hero has got to be tough on the outside but tender at his core. A take-charge kind of guy who has his own inner strength and a strong sense of right and wrong - which might not dovetail with the conventional wisdom. I mean, he might bend the law if he thinks the ends justify the means.

American Writer

Rachel Sklar

I'm Jewish, but not overly religious, and have certainly never formally observed the Fourth Commandment, other than via the tradition of wearing white on Friday nights at summer camp, which never seemed to dovetail with the fact that Fridays were also the night for grape juice.

Canadian Lawyer

Michael Crichton

Unfortunately, our postwar policy has been to ask Japan to change so that our economic policies will dovetail. I think that is completely wrong. The solution is for America to change.

American Author

Luis Alberto Urrea

I have often said I come from a family of unreliable narrators. I tend to believe their struggles with racism, identity, nationality do dovetail with my motivation to write.

Mexican Poet

Brandon Victor Dixon

I grew up as a Christian, and one of the many things in Christian mythology that did not dovetail with real life is that human beings are not monochromatic in their being.

American Actor

Used mainly in woodworking or carpentry contexts to describe precise wood joining.

Carpentry Specific

Dovetail as a noun is usually not meant in a literal sense outside of woodworking.

Not Literal

When ideas 'dovetail', they blend together smoothly, like puzzle pieces.

Harmonious Blend

For the verb 'dovetail', it's typically used metaphorically, not to describe physical objects.

Not Physical Joining

Often used in scholarly or formal contexts to suggest compatibility or coherence.

Common in Academia

Implies active efforts of different groups or entities working seamlessly together.

Active Cooperation

Often indicates a successful or aesthetically pleasing combination of different elements.

Positive Connotation

 down to a situation where we are in phase two right now where we are able to to to dine out to some degree in restaurants and have some semblance of of normalcy returned i was just gonna dovetail on something that um that mayor bowser said before