Examples of 'it nearly' in a sentence

Meaning of "it nearly"

it nearly ~ a phrase used to indicate that something came close to happening or being achieved, but ultimately fell short

How to use "it nearly" in a sentence

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It makes it nearly impossible to find a full match.
He probably did not put it nearly strongly enough.
It nearly killed me knowing you were with him.
Found out later it nearly killed her.
It nearly killed me when we had to move again.
You have had it nearly eight years.
It nearly burned up as it crashed through your atmosphere.
This placement made it nearly impossible to conquer.
It nearly bankrupted your father before he retired.
One minute to go and it nearly cost us a goal.
And it nearly got you all killed.
I have it so bad that it nearly cost me my marriage.
And it nearly destroyed the entire nation.
They begged for it nearly every night.
It nearly takes a prophet to know another prophet.

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You do not do it nearly as well as you think.
It nearly destroyed the very office we are sitting in.
Security makes it nearly impossible to break into.
It nearly always is out here on the prairie.
That makes it nearly five miles high.
It nearly drives me mad with its familiarity.
It was so big that it nearly touched the ceiling.
How it nearly never made it to a second series.
Grotius understands it nearly in the same way.
It nearly ruined a man and his family.
I did not like it nearly as well as those.
It nearly topped that record last quarter.
We do it a couple of times a day and it nearly breaks us.
We find it nearly impossible to forgive such a person.
I would hate to think what it nearly got me.
It makes it nearly impossible to live a normal life.
I tried taking it apart and it nearly killed me.
I eat it nearly every day in the winter.
I contracted rheumatic fever and it nearly killed me.
This makes it nearly impossible to focus on schoolwork.
The chickens do not like it nearly as much.
It makes it nearly impossible for him to govern.
Whatever it was it was serious and it nearly killed him.
It nearly cuts the whole job in half.
Impractical glass slippers made it nearly impossible.
It nearly ripped our marriage into pieces.
I presume he has been on it nearly every week.
It nearly killed the literature of the language.
We should be doing it nearly all the time.
It nearly touches the roof of the mouth.
Not before it nearly killed her.
It nearly doubled in value the first day.
You will have it nearly immediately.
It nearly made up for the seminars.
Which is going to make it nearly impossible to get a transporter lock.

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