Sentence examples for almost forfeited from inspiring English sources
And one tale crops up more than any other: the time that a game was almost forfeited on account of grass.
Japan, the defending champions and the winners of this competition five times in a row between 1960 and 1976, took the silver while the US also dropped down a step on the podium, their bronze medals almost forfeited when Raj Bhavsar and Kevin Tan produced dreadful marks of 13.750 and 12.775 on the pommel horse.
In this cramped space, which made large-scale maneuvers almost impossible, the French virtually forfeited the advantage of their overwhelming numbers.
By the time she delivers a fine, tensely eerie mad scene, the stakes of the drama — that queasy, distinctively operatic blend of empathy for and exhilaration over the heroine's degradation — are almost entirely forfeit.
Besides providing advance payments, bank records, tax forms, references and guarantors, apartment seekers must be prepared to make snap decisions or almost inevitably forfeit opportunities even in less desirable apartments.
The district had the right to withhold nearly $5 million but released almost $4 million, forfeiting a key source of leverage.
How about forfeiting your life?
The mistake in the grant application caused the state to forfeit almost five points in the competition, known as Race to the Top; the state lost out on any money by three points out of a possible 500.
In Florida, state employees convicted of using their jobs to commit bribery, embezzlement or theft must forfeit almost all of their pension money, a spokesman for the state Department of Management Services said.
Christos M. Cotsakos, the chief executive of E*Trade, said last month that he would forfeit almost half of his $80 million in 2001 pay in response to criticism, including an investor lawsuit.
