Sentence examples for almost compensated for from inspiring English sources

Only the empanadas (one chicken-filled, one with beef) were unexceptional, though the tangy dip almost compensated for the thick dough.

There is "the house John Irving used to live in, and, across the street, the shambling old place that had been Plimpton's for many years, then the one Kurt Vonnegut still lived in … Russell loved being in the proximity of all this literary talent, which he felt almost compensated for the invasion he called the hedge funders behind the hedge rows".

Bishop's reunion with Methfessel and other boons of 1976 — the Neustadt Prize, her European trip, the upcoming publication of "Geography III," and a "very smart" Advanced Verse Writing class in the fall, the last she was scheduled to teach — almost compensated for the imminent termination of her Harvard contract at the end of the spring 1977 semester.

The look on the pigs' faces when, among the evidentiary photos of my glassware and reagents, they found jugs containing gallon after gallon of morphine piss almost compensated for the trauma of being forced to explain what a glucuronide conjugate is to a bunch of unthinking swine.

The phase 2 change was even more pronounced in AL hiPSC-CM, leading to a longer plateau duration, which almost compensated for the shortening obtained during the late repolarization.

Medium-rare it was, and certainly thick enough, but it was bloodless, as were other cuts of beef, although the flavor and tenderness of the rib-eye, filet mignon and New York strip steak almost compensated for the lack of juices.

Resonant and dynamic, Mr. Greyson's bravado and ambition almost compensate for his liabilities; something has to.

There are places in its courtyard where the energy of the architecture almost compensates for the absence of screaming children.

The witty and colorful 3-D animation almost compensates for the tiresome, noisy, tonally mixed-up story.

This means the initial AA calculation - that a driver doing 10,000 miles could save around £1,500 a year, so almost compensate for the higher capital cost in three years - no longer holds true.

Hensher's attention is on the foreground, revealing ordinary life through impressive, often funny set pieces and assiduously observed dramatic episodes, which almost compensate for the lack of an organized plot.