Examples of 'we were nearly' in a sentence
Meaning of "we were nearly"
We Were Nearly: This phrase indicates that something or someone came very close to achieving or accomplishing a particular outcome, but ultimately fell short. It implies that there was a near-miss or a close call in terms of achieving a desired result
How to use "we were nearly" in a sentence
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we were nearly
I do not think we were nearly as concerned as your folks.
The cave was barely visible until we were nearly upon it.
We were nearly asleep when you came home.
We felt like we were nearly alone here.
We were nearly destroyed and exterminated by the british.
They kept hidden until we were nearly past.
We were nearly first on the road all weekend.
It was a good thing we were nearly home.
We were nearly ruined by a single sound argument.
After days of struggling we were nearly defeated.
We were nearly in the hospital at the same time.
I thought we were nearly there.
We were nearly out of fuel when we saw your lights.
The hostiles continued their fire until we were nearly to the top.
We were nearly pulled out of the ship.
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I looked through the window and saw we were nearly two meters over the asphalt surface.
We were nearly on the runway before we knew it.
In my neighborhood, we were nearly all the same.
We were nearly caught last week.
Why did not you tell me we were nearly there?
But we were nearly out of food.
We ate so much chocolate, we were nearly sick.
We were nearly trampled by stampeding monsters.
By the end of the day, we were nearly out of materials.
We were nearly hit by three cabs.
By about ten o'clock we were nearly ready.
We were nearly two hours late.
It was such an enjoyable evening ; we were nearly the last to leave.
We were nearly like a real group.
The wind was so strong, we were nearly blown off the road.
We were nearly frozen to death.
By the time the song was finished, we were nearly done.
We were nearly caught today.
Half of the set blew away, and we were nearly flooded out.
We were nearly killed ourselves.
We were there. We were nearly killed ourselves.
We were nearly touching noses.
You know the Doctor and me, we were nearly.
We were nearly shut down.
When Maxwell died, we were nearly penniless.
We were nearly there when we came upon an big accident on the motorway.
By the end of Saturday we were nearly finished… at least we thought we were.
We were nearly murdered.
Back in the days in São Paulo, We were nearly arrested.
We were nearly there.
But remember where we were nearly 40 years ago.
We were nearly baked.
Hey, we did not win, but we were nearly on the podium.
We were nearly cooked.
It 's his fault we were nearly killed.
