Examples of 'have been nearly' in a sentence

Meaning of "have been nearly"

The phrase 'have been nearly' implies that something has come close to happening but did not actually occur. It suggests a narrow miss or a near occurrence of an event or situation

How to use "have been nearly" in a sentence

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have been nearly
I have been nearly crazy keeping it all to myself.
Without that it would have been nearly perfect.
You have been nearly catatonic for weeks.
Since that date there have been nearly.
I have been nearly frantic for weeks.
This time there have been nearly.
There have been nearly a million prisoners.
But the bomb would not have been nearly as deadly.
And they have been nearly completely overlooked by science.
Surviving that night would have been nearly impossible.
There have been nearly a hundred requests for comment.
To diagnose endocarditis at the initial visit would have been nearly impossible.
It can not have been nearly that bad.
Below you can see a drawing where the wheels have been nearly completed.
It would not have been nearly as delicious.

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And we have learned that the child may have been nearly drowned.
The results have been nearly uniform and positive.
Malnutrition rates in this age group have been nearly cut in half.
There have been nearly a hundred requests for comments.
Dozens of money bags would not have been nearly enough to buy all of that.
They have been nearly universally rejected.
Constructing ramps to deliver stone must have been nearly as monumental as the pyramid itself.
Would have been nearly impossible to force at a.
The vast majority of those activities have been nearly eradicated from our daily lives.
You have been nearly inseparable since they got here.
Remittance fees have been nearly halved.
I have been nearly robbed.
The service would not have been nearly so grand though.
I have been nearly nuts.
I do not know if I could have been nearly as strong as she was.
Some may have been nearly overwhelmed by various anxieties before they learned the truth.
Because then the truth would not have been nearly so striking to Jewish minds.
You have been nearly inseparable.
For the last fortnight I have been nearly insane.
It would have been nearly impossible to navigate.
For the past fortnight I have been nearly insane.
I should have been nearly as well off as before.
In the meantime, his savings have been nearly depleted.
You have been nearly injured by it.
Before, they would have been nearly empty.
We have been nearly killed by Satan.
Mary 's grief must have been nearly unbearable.
We have been nearly shot down twice since the Japs came to town.
Wage increases have been nearly nonexistent.
I have been nearly frantic for weeks that's all right my dad.
And the rebels have been nearly exterminated.
If the illustration had involved a bull, it might not have been nearly as effective.
Those funds have been nearly exhausted.
But without dedicated partners, our work would have been nearly impossible.
My allergies have been nearly nonexistent the last week.

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