Sentence examples for after being so close from inspiring English sources

Ellis said: "We could have easily folded following the second set after being so close to taking it.

After being so close to death, things that once excited you have a way of losing their thrill when you return home.

After being so close to paying off her debts, she fell even further behind on her rent, and in March, her landlord gave her an eviction notice.

But in the same manner, 99 percent of the players would have collapsed in the third set after being so close to win the match in the second.

She added: "It's great to finally have a gold after being so close in the last two rounds,".

Dude ends up in the hospital and Dr. D (who is of course up and running hours after being so close to death) sees him, pushes on his bruised kidneys and sasses him out for being evil.

"After years of being so close to someone, it was such a relief to know that we were both interested in each other and that all of the thoughts I had for him were reciprocated.

"I just tried to think of it as just another race but after the K4 yesterday being so close to a medal and then seeing what I could do in the semis, made me know that I was in with a chance, that I wasn't miles off.

"I know what it's like to finish fourth, so third tonight is just a good as a win after so many emotions of being so close," he said.

After his round, McIlroy was asked if being so close to the lead might unnerve some of his competitors.

How could I say that we, after all, are so close, the shadows of our hands merging on the page?