Sentence examples for almost or a from inspiring English sources

But then there are writers who with an "almost," or a "presque" in French, can suddenly illuminate a reader's universe.

The land of lie-flat beds and warm cookies may seem almost mystical or a bit mysterious to most travelers.

In AA2024-T3 and AA6082-T6 higher frequencies led to slight increase in thickness, decrease in compactness and faradic efficiency while hardness remained almost constant or a bit higher.

Taken together, the tw mutant was a null mutant and the rt mutant we used was an almost null or a strong hypomorphic mutant for POMT activity.

14 And patients with T2DM have almost no, or a greatly reduced incretin effect.

Our analysis revealed the almost complete OR gene repertoire from an individual cattle genome.

"What we had felt like the words of a major playwright, almost like an Ibsen or a Chekhov.

Also there's an attraction of almost having an argument or a discourse with the novel.

Then the garnishment began, almost $500 a month, or a quarter of her pay.

It struck me as more than a question – almost an invitation, or maybe a threat.

She guesses that more impartial counselling might reduce abortions by almost a third, or 60,000 a year.