near squeak
Example Sentences
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The Squire was progressing as favourably as could be expected, Bathurst said, but it had been such a near squeak that the utmost care was necessary.
From The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story by Bayly, A. Eric
"Jing! but that was a near squeak," he exclaimed.
From Men of Affairs by Pertwee, Roland
The very day after that, in the southern bight of Tahiti, we had a near squeak, the wind suddenly coming calm; the reefs were close in with, my eye! what a surf!
From Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Robert Louis
“We had a near squeak for it,” he said faintly.
From A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)
Luckily your life belts kept you from taking in any water, but it was a near squeak.
From The Young Franc Tireurs And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War by Young, F. T.
