English example sentences with "nearly"

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When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time.
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You nearly poked me in the eye with your pencil.
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I nearly choked on a fishbone.
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I was nearly run over by a car.
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She wasn't hurt, but she got goose bumps when her car nearly crashed.
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The sea covers nearly three-fourths of the earth's surface.
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We were nearly frozen to death.
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Here it's August and our summer vacation is nearly over.
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I was nearly hit by a car.
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It's nearly lunchtime. Why don't we stop to have a bite to eat?
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Nearly all men die of their remedies, and not of their illness.
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It was nearly noon.
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The most instinctive act of nearly every creature is to protect its young, and with humans, this response persists for a lifetime.
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Nearly all Japanese have dark hair.
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The boat shipped water and nearly capsized.
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The bus nearly ran over him.
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My feet started sticking in the muddy street. I nearly fell down.
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Texas is nearly twice as large as Japan.
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The old woman was nearly run over.
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The child was nearly run over by a car.
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Nearly a thousand people participated in the demonstration.
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By the time you get there, it will be nearly dark.
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This portrait is nearly as large as life.
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The coffee was so hot that I nearly burned my tongue.
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Yesterday I nearly ran into Robert in Ginza.
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It seems like yesterday, but it's actually nearly ten years since we first met.
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The man who nearly drowned began to breathe.
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I nearly made a mistake.
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In America, my schedule is different and unique nearly every day.
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That couple gets soused nearly every night.
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Einstein has been dead for nearly forty years.
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The GNP will rise at nearly a 4. 5% annual rate.
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Her brother nearly died in a traffic accident nine years ago.
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He must be nearly forty.
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I was kept waiting for nearly half an hour.
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Tuition will be raised by nearly ten percent as of April 1, 2001.
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Because just one minute costs nearly four pounds.
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"Nearly four pounds," says Bob.
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The brothers' school records nearly matched.
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The police brutality incidents nearly set off a riot.
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The old guard was nearly voted out of the Upper House.
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Nearly 80 percent of the land is mountains.
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Our surplus has swelled by nearly ten percent in this quarter.
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Profit on computers for the previous year was nearly ten percent higher than the current year.
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She went nearly mad with grief after the child died.
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My homework is nearly complete.
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I was nearly run over by a truck.
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I am nearly as tall as she.
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At the next station, nearly everyone got off the train.
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Our dog was nearly run over by a car.
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The birth rate and death rate were nearly equal.
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I was laughing so hard I nearly dislocated my jaw.
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The world population is expanding at the rate of nearly 90 million people a year.
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It's nearly noon and he's still in bed.
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The war lasted nearly ten years.
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I tripped and nearly fell.
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Subway fares will be raised by nearly ten percent as of April 1, 2001.
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The island is nearly a mile across.
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Crossing the street, I was nearly hit by a car.
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The Nikkei Stock Average lost nearly 200 points to close yesterday at 18,000.
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His life spanned nearly a century.
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He was nearly drowned.
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He was nearly run over at a crossing.
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He has been engaged in this study nearly ten years.
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He comes to see me nearly every day.
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He was nearly killed after being run over by a car.
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He slipped and nearly fell.
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He was nearly run over by a car.
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He has been engaged in the study of biology for nearly ten years.
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He was nearly hit by the car while crossing the street.
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By the time she gets there, it will be nearly dark.
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The scandal nearly wrecked her career.
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She was very nearly run over by a truck.
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She has grieved over his loss for nearly ten years.
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She was nearly frozen to death in the snow.
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I was nearly ten when my parents gave me a chemistry set for Christmas.
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Thanks to which I was up nearly all night.
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We've nearly finished preparations. How about taking a nap?
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I tumbled on the truth by the merest accident, when I'd pretty nearly chucked the whole job.
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The dream of opportunity for all people has not come true for everyone in America, but its promise exists for all who come to our shores – that includes nearly seven million American Muslims in our country today who enjoy incomes and education that are higher than average.
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I am aware that some question or justify the events of 9/11. But let us be clear: al Qaeda killed nearly 3,000 people on that day.
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When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others.
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I was kept waiting nearly half an hour.
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She was nearly hit by a bicycle.
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It's nearly six o'clock.
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It's nearly three o'clock.
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Nearly three.
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Hailing a cab in Manhattan at 5:00 p.m. is nearly impossible.
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Action speaks louder than words, but not nearly as often.
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She was nearly without any money.
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He's offended at the slightest thing, he takes exception to nearly everything we say to him.
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The property must have been nearly a thousand acres all told.
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The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.
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According to scientific estimates, the universe is nearly 14 billion years old.
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Nearly all siheyuans had their main buildings and gates facing south for better lighting, so a majority of hutongs run from east to west.
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The treatment's acceptability plummeted by nearly 96% that year after researchers discovered disfiguring side effects.
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She has nearly no close friends.
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One of my Japanese teachers said "honya honya" instead of "blah blah." My ensuing laughter nearly gave me a hernia.
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Nearly one billion people around the globe lack access to clean, safe water.
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Somehow, a nearly bankrupt third-party publisher flashed the new Castlevania game onto the memory incompletely. As a result, an entire generation of kids in Macon, Georgia unanimously condemned it as "Simon Does Nothing but Fall into a Bottomless Pit."
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Now that we are at nearly the same level, we can start learning some piano duets.
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