Examples of 'came very close' in a sentence

Meaning of "came very close"

came very close - This phrase suggests that something or someone was on the verge of achieving or experiencing something, but fell short

How to use "came very close" in a sentence

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came very close
You came very close to disrupting my speech.
And suddenly she came very close to me.
I came very close to quitting several times.
These pumas sometimes came very close to me.
A calf came very close to check us out.
The third incident came very close.
You came very close to being their destroyer.
I think they came very close.
I came very close to spitting out beer.
Today death came very close.
I came very close to hitting that man.
None of the four came very close to winning.
I came very close to losing the business.
Contractions came very close together.
I came very close to myself a few times.

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She calmed down and came very close to me.
He came very close after last season.
There is one man who came very close.
I just came very close to hugging you.
We feel that we came very close.
He came very close to winning on a couple of occasions.
The center of the storm came very close to us here in.
We came very close several years in a row.
Days passed and we came very close to each other.
He came very close to death on dozens of occasions.
I am afraid he came very close.
We came very close to making a great vintage.
Or at least we came very close.
We came very close to causing an international incident.
I was very unhappy and came very close to leaving the band.
I came very close to ending it all.
The witness said that he came very close to it in order to examine it.
I came very close to dying tonight.
A draft agreement was hammered out which came very close to acceptance.
I also came very close to an emotional breakdown.
Many of our runners beat their goals or came very close.
Some of them came very close to happening.
Came very close to beating them.
Sometimes he came very close to succeeding.
Army helicopters firing machine guns also came very close.
I came very close to losing you.
There were dozens of them and they all came very close.
You came very close to not pulling through.
He put a gun to my head and came very close to pulling the trigger.
You came very close to preaching just now.
And on more than one occasion came very close to going through with it.
I came very close to losing my life.
She did not give up even when it came very close to the end.
You came very close to not waking up at all.
They have been trying to enslave humanity and they came very close to succeeding.

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Examples of using Very
I wanta very private conversation with him
He must have loved you very much
Very few know what that means
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Examples of using Close
Close enough to help me get safe away
Up three at the close of the dow yesterday
Close fireplace damper when not in use
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