Examples of 'was narrowly' in a sentence
Meaning of "was narrowly"
was narrowly - This phrase suggests that something occurred with a very small margin or narrowly escaped a negative outcome. It implies that the situation or event was very close or tight
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He was narrowly defeated for the final position.
The trade in plows was narrowly restricted.
Copps was narrowly defeated for renomination.
Thus a major nuclear war was narrowly averted.
This referendum was narrowly in favour of the closing agreement.
He was initially found guilty and eight days later was narrowly defeated at the polls.
The bill was narrowly defeated at its first reading.
The list of concerns was narrowly focused.
He was narrowly reelected by the legislature.
The new name was narrowly approved.
He was narrowly beaten into third place by the sitting member of the SLFP.
Even there the vote was narrowly in favour of the treaty.
Was narrowly defeated on the same day that the Defense of Marriage Act was.
That constitution was narrowly approved by a referendum.
When a sobbing woman and her two hysterical children tragedy was narrowly averted moments ago.
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Saundercook was narrowly defeated in this election.
The decision to transform from a Union to Republic was narrowly decided in the referendum.
Quigley was narrowly defeated by MacIntyre.
He participated in the drama department and was narrowly elected senior class president.
Malarkey was narrowly defeated and was not elected.
Proposed legislation to dismantle the programs was narrowly defeated last month in the House.
The car was narrowly missed by another car approaching at high speed.
Executive summary Economic growth for transformation was narrowly treated in the Millennium Development Goals.
He was narrowly elected.
Ultimately, the sovereigntist option was narrowly defeated.
An original deal was narrowly defeated in a popular referendum last month.
For their courage, disaster was narrowly averted.
He was narrowly convicted.
Later that same year, another strike was narrowly averted.
This mistake was narrowly avoided on the advice of one of the original development engineers.
The requisite two-thirds majority was narrowly missed on this occasion.
The bill was narrowly defeated by one flipped vote in the Senate in March.
For injury claims by trespassers, the concept of traps was narrowly defined.
Their motion was narrowly rejected.
She was narrowly defeated in the race by the former footballer Cuauhtémoc Blanco.
The question was narrowly rejected.
Buck was narrowly defeated by Senator Bennet in the November general election.
The slaughter was narrowly avoided.
It was narrowly won by Blake.
It passed the lower house, but was narrowly defeated in the upper house.
He was narrowly defeated, but he benefitted from his loss.
The federal budget was narrowly approved by Congress.
Here too the damage was limited, and a further ecological catastrophe was narrowly averted.
Beauregard was narrowly defeated.
The effective application of liability provisions presupposed that the term " damage " was narrowly defined.
The consolidation measure was narrowly defeated in a membership referendum.
Near the border the country became very dry, and disaster was narrowly averted.
Both times the change was narrowly rejected after heated debate.
Cobden was candidate for Stockport, but was narrowly defeated.
An international incident was narrowly averted through hasty intervention between base officials and civic leaders.
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