Sentence examples for I was so close from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(5)

I was quite close

I was just close

I was too close

I was very close

I was particularly close

"I was so close" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
This phrase can be used when talking about a near miss or something that almost happened, but didn't. For example, "I was so close to winning the lottery, but I didn't get all the numbers right."

Exact(60)

He would say: 'I was so close.

The New York Times

Like I was so close.

The New York Times - Science

"No, but I was so close.

The Guardian - Music

I was so close in the second.

The New York Times - Sports

I was so close to doing it.

The Guardian

I was so close I couldn't see it.

The New York Times - Health

"I was so close," she said of the downhill.

The New York Times - Sports

I was so close but I didn't get there".

The Guardian - Sport

But I don't think I was so close [to signing].

The Guardian - Sport

I was so close the owl filled my binocular lens.

The New York Times

"I was so close to my dad," she said.

The New York Times - Sports

More suggestions(9)

I was extremely close

I was so tight

I was really close

I was so finished

I bent so close

I got so close

I came so close

I felt so close

I lived so close

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