Sentence examples for almost three days from inspiring English sources

"Come on, Joby, pick up the phone," police officers pleaded over a loudspeaker from an armored car parked near the building where the suspect, Joseph Palcyzinski, known as Joby, had been holed up almost three days.

Calvin Sims THE AMERICAS CANADA: CUBAN ENVOY LEAVES -- Jose Imperatori, the Cuban diplomat expelled last week from the United States, left Canada after overstaying his Canadian transit visa by almost three days.

Though sporadic gunfire was heard early in the day, normal life appeared to be returning to the Kinshasa on Wednesday, with some shops opening after almost three days of shutdown.

— almost seven years ago.

It was almost 50 years ago.

Almost 60 years ago.

It was almost 30 years ago, not almost 20.

Full collections number almost 1,000.

I still have it today, almost four years later.

Almost 4,000 horticultural varieties have been developed.

Happy almost New Year, and happy listening.