Examples of 'nearly captured' in a sentence

Meaning of "nearly captured"

nearly captured - This phrase is used to describe a situation where someone or something came close to being caught or detained

How to use "nearly captured" in a sentence

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nearly captured
I was nearly captured where he told me to wait for him.
Enemy raiding party nearly captured us.
Reding was nearly captured while trying to rally his men.
Amery was the only correspondent to visit Boer forces and was nearly captured with Churchill.
The jaguar nearly captured her.
Custer, in his enthusiasm for the charge, was thrown from his horse and nearly captured.
I was nearly captured once.
A beautiful reminder of the carefree days She nearly captured the French.
Ferdinand was nearly captured and escaped with a guard of only twenty men.
Despite horrendous losses, they nearly captured the objective.
Andras was nearly captured in an assassination attempt on the leadership of the Divine Hammer.
In one instance, he very nearly captured the Pope himself.
She nearly captured the French She sure had the chance.
William Weatherford was nearly captured during this engagement.
Shortly after the coronation, Blanche and Louis were traveling south of Paris and nearly captured.

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We were nearly captured.
Late that year, Granadan forces defeated Infante Henry near Arjona and nearly captured him.
King Richard was nearly captured while inspecting his troops next to the site.
Rørholt travelled to Oslo as a decoy, was nearly captured but escaped.
She nearly captured the French.
Later that year, Valens himself was nearly captured in a scramble near Chalcedon.
He was nearly captured there, but managed to escape.
Despite early successes, he was defeated and nearly captured by the Ottoman army near Kalambaka.
They nearly captured Washington.
As a result of his negligence, his camp was set on fire, and nearly captured.
SPLA nearly captured the town.
Nothing much, I have been shot at, trodden on, nearly captured twice.
The bridge was nearly captured by American troops disguised as Germans.
Napoleon himself, making his first appearance on a battlefield in 1814, was also nearly captured.
In the rout, Liman was nearly captured by British soldiers.
He is nearly captured by the police, who think he may be the Ripper, but a.
In the Battle of Bound Brook, he very nearly captured its commander, Benjamin Lincoln.
His command nearly captured Confederate president Jefferson Davis during his flight from Richmond, Virginia.
Enemy raiding party nearly captured us . Yes, sir.
Its sister ship, the Eleanora, under Humphrey 's father, Simon Metcalfe, was nearly captured but escaped.
Betrayed, he is nearly captured by the Soviets, led by Kamenev.

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