almost

Example Sentences

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Forecasters said it could be the hottest spring bank holiday on record with temperatures reaching almost 30C in Brockworth.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

It bounded down the stairs and almost ran me over.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

In a breezy, sun-soaked 90 minutes, Romvari excavates a lifetime of knotted, intergenerational trauma — a phrase that almost feels too heavy and too burdened by cryptic implications, given how this movie explores it.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Everyone otherwise received current standard care, and researchers followed them for a median of almost four years.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

I prodded her through the dining room door, almost treading on her heels to see Willem’s reaction.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom