Sentence examples for I nearly failed from inspiring English sources

Last Wednesday I nearly failed.

I was a bit of a delinquent growing up, a very poor student — I nearly failed several grades before dropping out of high school and getting a G.E.D.

I was a bit of a delinquent growing up, a very poor student—I nearly failed several grades before dropping out of high school and getting a G.E.D.

Still, John Turturro approximates my uniqueness in "Monday Night Mayhem," but Jon Voight in "Ali" renders me into a personage so dreary that I nearly failed to recognize me until I saw the ABC logo on Voight's jacket.

"In school, I nearly failed because I couldn't remember English vocabulary," he told BBC News.

My GPA was dangerously low; I nearly failed out of school.

And for that reason, it nearly failed.

Sunni Arabs largely voted against the Constitution, and it nearly failed as a result.

The consortium rescued Crédit Lyonnais when it nearly failed in the mid-1990's for reasons unrelated to Executive Life.

The spillway at Oroville Dam, the United States' tallest, is about to get tested for the first time since it nearly failed with catastrophic results two years ago.

FCA has been under close regulatory supervision since 1984, after it nearly failed during a deposit run.