NEARLY in a Sentence
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317 example sentences for NEARLY, such as:
1. The audience was nearly all men.
2. He nearly fainted when he saw it.
3. The boy nearly fell into the river.
4. It isn't nearly so easy as you think.
5. I gave up smoking nearly ten years ago.
2. He nearly fainted when he saw it.
3. The boy nearly fell into the river.
4. It isn't nearly so easy as you think.
5. I gave up smoking nearly ten years ago.
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Meanings and Examples of NEARLY
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nearly
ad. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
ad. in a close manner
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 'Mr. Drebber has been with us nearly three weeks.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2 He nearly fainted when he saw it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
3 They must, he reflected, be awaiting him anxiously, for he had been absent nearly five hours.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
4 His intention had been to be absent a year at the most, but a combination of unforeseen circumstances prevented his leaving the mines for nearly five.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
5 He walked down the road and went into one or two liquor shops, staying for nearly half-an-hour in the last of them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
6 Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together.
7 In addition, Napoleon ordered the almost empty bins in the store-shed to be filled nearly to the brim with sand, which was then covered up with what remained of the grain and meal.
8 And he very nearly succeeded--I will even say, comrades, he WOULD have succeeded if it had not been for our heroic Leader, Comrade Napoleon.
9 A cow, three sheep, and two geese were killed, and nearly everyone was wounded.
10 Three of them had their heads broken by blows from Boxer's hoofs; another was gored in the belly by a cow's horn; another had his trousers nearly torn off by Jessie and Bluebell.
11 It was nearly nine o'clock when Squealer made his appearance, walking slowly and dejectedly, his eyes dull, his tail hanging limply behind him, and with every appearance of being seriously ill.
12 These covered a period of many years, but I observed that the entries ceased nearly a year ago and quite abruptly.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
13 She reclined, propped up, from mere habit, on a couch: as nearly in her old usual attitude, as anything so helpless could be kept in.
14 The saddle and housings of this superb palfrey were covered by a long foot-cloth, which reached nearly to the ground, and on which were richly embroidered, mitres, crosses, and other ecclesiastical emblems.
15 The other squires repeated nearly the same formula, and then stood to await the decision of the Disinherited Knight.
Example Sentence: (107 in 8 pages)
1 I gave up smoking nearly ten years ago.
2 Looking relaxed and rested, Simpson answered friendly questions from his defense attorney for nearly three hours.
3 The audience was nearly all men.
4 They rusticated in villages off the beaten track for nearly fifteen years.
5 The new race track is nearly six miles in extent.
6 After fierce fighting, C Troop was nearly destroyed.
7 She was nearly demented with worry when her son didn't come home.
8 They've spent nearly a billion dollars on it already.
9 The boy nearly fell into the river.
10 He had a chequered political career spanning nearly forty years.
11 She nearly fell down by stumbling over my stretched leg.
12 It isn't nearly so easy as you think.
13 With the chill factor, it's nearly minus forty here.
14 In the gloom of the thick forest, they nearly lost their way.
15 He left the gas on and nearly blew us all to kingdom come.