Sentence examples for almost calls from inspiring English sources

"It almost calls out to you to ascribe a story to it -- and people do".

The retirement of Matthew Hayden almost calls for one of EJ Thribb's mock heroic valedictions.

Bove's show is so harmonious, so arresting, that it almost calls for a copy of "Be Here Now".

"It almost calls into question all legitimate research that's been conducted by the pharmaceutical industry with the academic physician," said Dr. Ross, whose article, written with colleagues, was published Wednesday in JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association.

Portions of the dialogue, to my ear, ring a little too modern ("Like Solomon's got soul?" Gabriel sarcastically asks his mother of his stepfather), while the novel's often exalted portrayal of women as purehearted repositories of all that is good and true almost calls to mind second-rate Victorian fiction.

"This almost calls attention to itself because it's so transparent," says Ralph Ward, publisher of Boardroom Insider, a newsletter that follows corporate boards.

"You could almost call it a yawner".

"He almost called it subversive.

My father almost called him.

I almost called in sick".

You might almost call the job heroic.