Examples of 'this was nearly' in a sentence

Meaning of "this was nearly"

this was nearly: Implies that something almost happened or came close to occurring but fell short

How to use "this was nearly" in a sentence

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this was nearly
This was nearly impossible for logistical reasons.
He would later learn this was nearly an everyday occurrence.
This was nearly a very close family gathering.
Statistically, this was nearly impossible.
This was nearly identical to the stock windscreen.
For a band already on shaky foundations, this was nearly the death knell.
This was nearly a murder case.
For a band already on shaky ground, this was nearly the death knell.
This was nearly triple the return offered by bank deposits.
But I kind of felt like this was nearly a teaser trailer for book 2.
This was nearly double the highest water ever recorded.
Someone 's snaffled the lot, this was nearly full.
This was nearly ten years before my own autism diagnosis.
Remember, this was nearly two years ago.
This was nearly incomprehensible to the Saudis.

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At the time, this was nearly unheard-of in the industry.
This was nearly a year before Lehman.
Yet all this was nearly averted by a single clumsy servant.
This was nearly the southern extent for the Mexican grizzly bear.
This was nearly devastating for Amy.
This was nearly four months before the New Horizons probe did.
This was nearly ten years ago when the GDR became part of Germany.
This was nearly 3 km northwest of the planned hypocenter.
This was nearly thirty years ago, after all.
This was nearly twenty years ago, and he was a young man in a hurry.
This was nearly as influential as Clinton 's reckless militarism.
This was nearly a third of Cambodia 's population at the time.
This was nearly a month before the Egyptian police confronted the Muslim Brotherhood on August 14.
This was nearly three times higher than the proportion ( 8 % ) recorded for volunteers overall.
This was nearly double the industry 's average growth rate of 2 % over the last five years.
This was nearly the same level as the control group with normal uric acid levels [ 6 ].
This was nearly 200 years after the demise of the original Avignon university.
This was nearly a year ago, and I immediately book-marked the site.
This was nearly 15 years ago and.
This was nearly $60 million more than his closest companion.
This was nearly 2.5 times the titer obtained for the intermittent fed-batch culture.
This was nearly 600 pages and I wished it was twice that.
This was nearly 98 % of the Jews living in Denmark at the time.
This was nearly 400 years before the Law was given on Mount Sinai.

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