Examples of 'narrowly missed' in a sentence
Meaning of "narrowly missed"
Refers to a situation where something or someone almost succeeded or avoided something unfavorable by a very small margin or close call. It implies that the outcome was very close, but ultimately fell short or narrowly avoided a negative result.
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narrowly missed
He narrowly missed the opportunity of a major victory.
The knife had narrowly missed his heart.
I narrowly missed having a huge accident with a truck.
Maverick just narrowly missed that train.
Narrowly missed the house and our car.
That oncoming car that narrowly missed you.
They narrowly missed out on the playoffs.
He and another officer were narrowly missed.
It narrowly missed vital parts of her brain.
It left a huge crater as it narrowly missed.
We narrowly missed the accident.
That bullet narrowly missed me.
It narrowly missed your artery.
It proved to be the break he had narrowly missed so many times before.
We narrowly missed each other.
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His wish would have been to dye on the stage and he narrowly missed it.
Narrowly missed the flash.
Recent air strikes narrowly missed the site of the refinery.
A third bullet entered just below the left clavicle and narrowly missed the aortic arch.
I narrowly missed her.
In the final however they narrowly missed a medal and came fourth.
We narrowly missed an odd experience last time we came to your store.
He was shot in the chest and the bullet narrowly missed his heart.
The car was narrowly missed by another car approaching at high speed.
From the edge of a typhoon that had narrowly missed the area settled.
It narrowly missed my feet.
It earned her second Carnegie commendation but narrowly missed winning.
He narrowly missed hitting the outside wall at the exit of turn four.
In each of these seasons they narrowly missed a place in European competition.
He narrowly missed being killed when a bullet grazed his head at one student rally.
While on this service she was narrowly missed by a torpedo in the English Channel.
He narrowly missed out on a chance for the Bronze.
She finished fourth in her Olympic seminfinal and narrowly missed the final.
That arrow that narrowly missed me this morning belonged to your estate manager.
All three should have hit, but narrowly missed.
The rocket narrowly missed the kindergarten building next door to the playground.
The requisite two-thirds majority was narrowly missed on this occasion.
The team narrowly missed out on promotion to the top flight on several occasions.
One of the bullets narrowly missed Hina Jilani.
The pilot narrowly missed buildings and a busy market before crashing into a concrete wall.
The list won sixteen mandates, and he narrowly missed direct election.
Arbroath had narrowly missed out on promotion in each of the previous two seasons.
They did advance the next year and narrowly missed promotion to the 2.
They also narrowly missed clinching their second divisional title in franchise history.
The Williams-Renault partnership also narrowly missed out on the constructors ' title.
The bullet narrowly missed his spine but still caused significant nerve damage.
The first entered his lung, the other narrowly missed his heart.
Chopper shot and narrowly missed killing him for the second time.
On pressing the trigger, the gun fired and narrowly missed the target.
The fire bomb narrowly missed the jeep but damaged a car parked nearby.
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