Examples of 'took nearly' in a sentence

Meaning of "took nearly"

Took nearly" means that something took almost or approximately an amount of time or effort. It refers to the close proximity of completing a task or achieving a goal, indicating that it required only a small amount of additional time or effort.

How to use "took nearly" in a sentence

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took nearly
These negotiations took nearly two years.
It took nearly a year for him to recover.
The production took nearly five years.
Took nearly a dozen officers to bring her in.
The manhunt took nearly two years.
I took nearly the same photo yesterday.
The descent took nearly five hours.
It took nearly a year to restore the aircraft to airworthiness.
The journey took nearly five years.
He took nearly a decade off before going to graduate school.
The surgery took nearly five hours.
Took nearly a month before it healed.
They say he took nearly an hour to die.
Repairs and restoration of power took nearly a week.
The task took nearly twenty years.

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Yet both transitions still took nearly a decade.
It took nearly eight hours to find her.
Design and construction took nearly a decade.
So it took nearly a month to finally find an apartment.
The careful excavation took nearly a year.
It took nearly ten years to have my son.
Completion of the palace took nearly a century.
It took nearly one million bricks to complete it.
My education and work took nearly all of my time.
It took nearly an hour to get a good result.
Our search took nearly a year.
It took nearly three years to complete.
The entire project took nearly a year to complete.
It took nearly an hour to get down that runaway.
Completion of the project took nearly two years.
This show took nearly a decade of my life.
The cabinet formation process took nearly five months.
It took nearly two years to overcome that trend.
To make a handful of rouge took nearly sixty baskets of petals.
It took nearly four months to construct.
One of them allegedly took nearly double the limit.
It took nearly two hours to ride over here.
The long contract development took nearly a year to complete.
It took nearly three years to build that bridge.
Liquidation and the settlement of claims took nearly a decade.
The structure took nearly five years to build.
Took nearly a round trip.
This problem took nearly two weeks to fix.
Took nearly half an hour for the fella to die.
My sister took nearly nothing.
It took nearly a month to finally get footage of this elusive creature.
The repairs and modifications took nearly a year to complete.
It took nearly all of their savings.
Repairs for this damage took nearly one year.
The film took nearly two years to complete.

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