Sentence examples for almost captured from inspiring English sources

The Avars almost captured the emperor in 617 during a conference outside the long walls protecting the capital.

Some of the final riders of the day almost captured the silver and bronze medals, but fell short on points.

Scotland's nationalists may have fluffed one election, but in a by-election in Hamilton South in September they almost captured one of Labour's safest seats.

It almost captured Gaza (behind a pocket containing a young Egyptian army officer called Gamal Abdul Nasser) in 1948, in the war Israelis know as their war of independence.

And it ill behoves Mr Price to warble on smugly about "saving family dinners" when Waitrose has, along with its close rival M&S, almost captured the entire market for ready meals.

But with Garcia facing a 4-foot par putt on the next hole, McCarron, who almost captured the Nissan Open outside Los Angeles last weekend, made a critical 30-footer.

At the beginning of the conflict, in 2001, SBS patrols called in air strikes against Taliban positions and conducted rapid and deliberate clearance operations of known al-Qaeda bases, at one point almost capturing Osama bin Laden.

Next we have a live news report that almost captures a horrible accident taking place in the background.

I was very into the '80s New York and Paris Is Burning New York, and I tried to almost capture that New York, which doesn't exist anymore.

Kidnappers violently take the Secret Service chief M from his house and almost capture James Bond, who is visiting.

They had been in Europe only a few months, thrown into combat and almost instantly captured during the Ardennes offensive, Hitler's last big throw of the dice.