Sentence examples for almost swept from inspiring English sources

Smarty Jones then almost swept the Triple Crown, but was caught in the stretch of the Belmont Stakes by Birdstone.

It was all deeply ironic, of course – the 47-year-old was almost swept away by a wave of ridicule.

Then on Sunday, the Socialists almost swept the board in the regional poll, leaving them and their allies in control of 21 of 22 mainland regions plus Corsica.

It had a strong current that almost swept me away, but I managed to hang on to a strong piece of wood.

He's almost swept one on to his stumps here, looking to play the kind of shot that was so successful for AB de Villiers last night.

Her often dangerous roles -- she climbed rock faces barefoot and was once almost swept away by an avalanche provoked by Fanck -- also showed her to be fearless.

The shoes Rebecca: Thank heavens for the raised soles, otherwise his dropped crotch would almost sweep the ground.

On current projections, the SNP will almost sweep Scotland, winning perhaps 50 seats out of 650 in the House of Commons, mainly at the expense of the Labour Party.

BBC1 (almost) sweeps the board Aside from Downton, Christmas was – as usual – a ratings triumph for BBC1.

In meandering river sandstones, injected water almost sweeps through the bottom of sand bodies and the bottom part of the sandstones is previously waterflooded, and the thickness ratio of strong and moderate waterflooded zone is about 51.8%.

His pace was swift, his nerve was strong and from an acute angle he almost arrogantly swept home a sweet, low shot inside the near post.