Sentence examples for Nearly true from inspiring English sources

Nearly True: Forking Plots, Forking Interpretations: A Response to David Bordwell's "Film Futures" A Response to David Bordwell's "Film Futures" I would like to examine what is "nearly true". This phrase is not meant to characterize David Bordwell's exceptional essay, "Film Futures," which I would summarize with Orson Welles's film title, It's All True.

Cruel and nearly true.

Which is very nearly true.

That's not quite true, but it's nearly true.

So nearly true, if some rounding up is allowed.

Hyperbole, maybe, but on the other side of the Atlantic it seemed nearly true.

Boitano's prediction, however, nearly came true.

The Indian dream has nearly come true.

Last year those schemes nearly came true.

Early this month, the dream nearly came true.

On Monday, Mr. Taylor's wish will nearly come true.