Sentence examples for almost chosen from inspiring English sources

Americans, he said, were God's "almost chosen people".

Moore frowned at his notes, gave a small sigh of difficulty, and continued: "However, despite himself, there's an undercurrent — a burden of irony — where you feel this Pope was almost chosen by the Holy Spirit for this position".

The very question over what a workless family has a right to receive from society – the welfare bill proposes "a cap on the total amount of benefit that working-age people can receive so that workless households will no longer receive more in benefit than working households receive in average wages" – seems almost chosen with Malthus's example in mind.

When I asked her why they had chosen Belize, she said that they almost chosen Bolivia, but Belize was closer.

He almost chose the Atlas on 38th Street and Sixth Avenue.

I almost chose another work of mine, The Origin of War, as my best shot.

I almost chose my college based on whether it had a good ethnobotany program.

(Her mother almost chose "andantino" until she realized it meant "slow," and "allegro" until finding it meant "fast").

Perfect in that some of their most talented freshmen, like Chuck Kobasew and Ben Eaves, almost chose to play for North Dakota.

At his news conference and pep rally last night, Pitino, 48, said he almost chose Michigan, a football-first school and thus not quite his style.

I almost chose a mug that I painted with my grandmother - she was very creative, so we'd always be painting and making things together.