Examples of 'never came close' in a sentence

Meaning of "never came close"

Phrase: never came close ~ Definition: suggests that an attempt or situation did not nearly reach a desired outcome or level of success, often indicating a significant gap or lack of achievement ~ Context: Despite our efforts, we never came close to breaking the world record in the relay race

How to use "never came close" in a sentence

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never came close
I never came close to putting it in her possession.
He lived with us but never came close to me.
Doig never came close to winning election.
I have won all the battles and never came close to winning the war.
He never came close to nothing like this.
That is something you never came close to considering.
I never came close to his film.
But international aid and governments never came close to fundamental change in this sphere.
I never came close to being a perfect father.
Graham fell into a pile of defenders and never came close to the first down.
And they never came close to living up to it.
Margaret and that other girl who carried the lantern at night and never came close.
But you never came close to destroying yourselves.
US civil defense preparations never came close.
He never came close to gaining admission.

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Nicholas Mikhailovich never came close to marriage again.
I never came close to beating him.
The overmatched Reds never came close to a hit.
I never came close enough to be a hundred percent sure.
Fifteen years of research and I never came close.
The car never came close to the cat.
No fighter has ever knocked out Hopkins and Dawson never came close.
Emily never came close to that.
This is a feat the Soviet Union never came close to achieving.
But they never came close to learning the truth.
I have tried to replicate it many times… never came close.
We never came close to being in an accident.
After his peak, he never came close again.
We never came close again.
I have been in some awful situations, never came close to singing about it once.
Never came close to here.
The escort maneuvered to attack, but never came close to the submarine.
Never came close.
Denobula perfected genetic engineering a long time ago … but you never came close to destroying yourselves.
English occupation never came close to establishing such a distant frontier.
Aside from when I purposefully ran the battery down, I never came close to depleting the battery.
Hussein never came close to fulfilling his end of the bargain.
Unfortunately, actual delivery of ODA never came close to matching those commitments.
He never came close to playing in Boston.
I started again from scratch, but never came close to replicating the Seagate incident.
He never came close to an MVP award.
In America the movement remained tiny, and never came close to realising Goldman 's dreams.
But she never came close to telling you why she did it.
Sorry I scared your guys, but I never came close to hitting them.
MySpace never came close to Facebook again.
Shooting at federal agents? Sorry I scared your guys, but I never came close to hitting them.
That is something you never came close to considering before getting to know your mother.
However, such a deal never came close.
Bob Beamon never came close to jumping that far again.
Since the answer to both questions was " no, " we never came close to considering abortion ”.

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