Examples of 'he was nearly' in a sentence
Meaning of "he was nearly"
This phrase indicates that someone or something was very close to achieving a particular outcome or reaching a specific state. It implies that the person or thing was on the verge of accomplishing or becoming something
How to use "he was nearly" in a sentence
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he was nearly
He was nearly killed after being run over by a car.
He does not know how he was nearly blown away.
Once he was nearly stoned to death by an angry mob.
I had forgotten that he was nearly twice my height.
He was nearly executed when he tried that before.
He got to a point when he was nearly broke.
He was nearly nose to nose with her now.
I look forward to when he was nearly suffocated.
He was nearly twenty years older than her.
The tests showed he was nearly blind in both eyes.
He was nearly as fast as my brother in the same car.
He reluctantly admitted that he was nearly convinced himself.
He was nearly ready to collapse on reaching home.
My child barely uttered a word until he was nearly three.
He was nearly knocked out by the impact.
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His leg was caught in a trap and he was nearly dead.
He was nearly twice as large as her boyfriend.
After a long journey he was nearly there.
He was nearly two years in the army.
He started laughing so hard he was nearly crying.
When he was nearly killed by your farmer.
Beethoven finished the symphony when he was nearly deaf.
But even he was nearly brought to tears by this scene.
Shevek realized that he was nearly blind.
He was nearly finished packing up when he got the call.
At the time of his death he was nearly bankrupt.
He was nearly a century in advance of his age.
By the time he was diagnosed he was nearly dead.
When he was nearly arrested for smashing that window.
We also discoverd that he was nearly deaf and malnourished.
He was nearly an hour late to his own book launching.
You said he was nearly dead.
He was nearly killed in a boating accident and an aeroplane crash.
At his best he was nearly incomparable.
He was nearly crazy when he emerged from the labyrinth.
He was so tall that he was nearly eye level with me.
He was nearly two hours late for his curfew.
Linwood may have unresolved feelings since he was nearly blinded.
He was nearly out of the parking lot.
His throat had been cut so deeply that he was nearly decapitated.
He was nearly blind in his left eye.
He just went on losing weight and strength until he was nearly a skeleton.
But now he was nearly in the town.
The senators prevented him from entering and he was nearly lynched.
We hear he was nearly sixty years of age.
Heenan was to say much later that he was nearly blind at this point.
He knew he was nearly through the worst of it.
May the record reflect that he was nearly one hour late.
Where he was nearly ten weeks without.
In a few moments he realized that he was nearly faint with hunger.
