Sentence examples for almost grounded from inspiring English sources

If anything, he said, it almost grounded him, for the King at first refused to grant permission.

Despite being almost grounded by its static plot, Delibes's Lakmé – the opera about the Hindu priestess and her intoxicated lover, the British officer Gerald – almost flew by on the second night of Opera Holland Park's new staging, thanks to terrific musical standards.

Gordan says, "I think the collaboration between fantasy and reality worked rather well and almost grounded the creatures in a uniquely believable existence".

In an effort to help the infantry fighting to take Omaha, some of the destroyers providing gunfire support closed near the shoreline, almost grounding themselves to fire on the Germans.

Almost grounds for hope.

And the domestic market for homes on and around the lake has almost ground to halt.

But the mural in Brownsville almost ground to a halt from the start, Ms. Sananman said.

But for several weeks, the Brazilian auto industry almost ground to a halt.

But trading almost ground to a halt on Friday, when most of the brokers stayed home.

As for space flight, he added, "NASA has almost ground itself to a full stop".

Turkey's talks have almost ground to a halt, and the western Balkans seemed hopelessly stuck in the past.