nigh

Example Sentences

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The end is nigh for hereditary peers, whose inherited right to sit in the House of Lords is set to be stripped from them after the passage of a new law this week.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Most investors fret the end is nigh, and they often panic out of positions, as witnessed during recent weakness.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 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

“Outside peoples already concede our material greatness and that we are well nigh supreme in manufactures and commerce,” he wrote.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson