Sentence examples for almost point from inspiring English sources

Barbash's book would, on the surface, seem to answer, almost point by point, Wolfe's prescription.

Then came the shootout, the Bryans slamming forehands at Rojer, who fired back at almost point blank range.

Published initially in 1969, in The New Yorker, it describes, almost point for point, a match between Arthur Ashe and Clark Graebner.

The premonitions she experiences lead to the film's climax, a sequence borrowed (almost point by point) from Mark Pellington's "Mothman Prophecies" (2002).

"I saw the police shoot that man almost point blank with my own eyes," Jimmy James Tyson wrote on Facebook afterward.

Mr. Payne never denied that he shot Curtis Cook almost point blank with a 12-gauge shotgun after the two men quarreled at the end of a night of drinking.

The ad is a blunt, almost point-by-point comparison to the hopeful, optimistic spot from Reagan's re-election year.

These consisted of drawing up the troops on the reverse side of a ridge, out of the reach of the attacker's artillery, and then allowing the enemy infantry to approach until they could be blasted at almost point-blank range.

Owen Williams, who lost little by comparison with Ford on the day, kicked five penalties in total while his opposite number had two frustrating misses, including one from almost point-blank range.

Shortly before the winning goal, another of the substitutes, Joleon Lescott, bundled Milner's cross against the post from almost point-blank range but could not turn in the rebound.

Witnesses quoted by the news agencies said they had seen a man dismount from the rear passenger seat of a motorcycle, approach Mr. Hajjarian, and fire twice at almost point-blank range, aiming at the victim's temple.