Sentence examples for Almost shut from inspiring English sources

Almost shut out of the Tonys was "Seussical," the show based on the Dr. Seuss books.

It's swelled almost shut.

Roberts International Airport, east of the Liberian capital, Monrovia, has almost shut down.

Combined with the fiscal mismanagement of a previous administration, it almost shut down KCET.

He zips the bag, goes to the door and draws it almost shut.

"I would say the window was wide open a year ago, and now it's almost shut".

The year before, open housing protesters in Louisville, Muhammad Ali's hometown, had almost shut down the Kentucky Derby.

Many faculty members and unionized university employes had re fused to cross student picket lines Friday, almost shutting down the university.

My sister's best T.S.A. trick, meanwhile, involved borrowing her partner's laptop, then accidentally leaving it at an Alaska Airlines gate one week after 9/11, thereby almost shutting down the Oakland airport.

Let us recall the investor confidence spawned by shutting down the government and almost shutting down the world economy by defaulting on our debts.

"[A]ny significant speed restriction would be in fact disruptive to the point of almost shutting down the North American rail network".