nigh

Example Sentences

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Pancaking is when a female eagle lies down flat in the bowl of the nest to test and shape it — and can signal eggs are nigh.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Careful as we may be to steer around most of these pits, it’s nigh impossible to avoid all of them.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026

For a huge multi-national like Cargill, practising a zero-tolerance approach to corruption and bribes, this made getting most things done, nigh on impossible.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

But the partial remains already recovered give her hope that her search may soon be nigh.

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

‘The morning of two days ago, nigh on three days of journey! How far is the place where you parted?’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien