near squeak
Example Sentences
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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.
"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
They told me at Rotterdam that I had had a very near squeak of death; and whether it's that or something else, I don't seem to have any of the meannesses you associate with me.
From The Man Without a Memory by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)
Well," said my cousin, with more candour than politeness, "I always thought you would end in gaol, Roger, and you've had a dashed near squeak this time, let me tell you.
From The Man from the Clouds by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)
