Sentence examples for almost undermined from inspiring English sources

And calamities like the Great Famine almost undermined China.

The demonstrations almost undermined it, too, with orthodox Maoists blaming the instability wrought by reforms and putting the brakes on.

His ambitions were almost undermined by Carl Jenkinson's lapse inside the first five minutes.

Both conflicts left the American people deeply dissatisfied, and the Vietnam debacle almost undermined our efforts to win the Cold War.

While these certainly are significant obstacles (as it was pointed out earlier, the operation of the ICTY was almost undermined by such difficulties), they do not challenge the rationale for using trials.

In a way, recording almost undermines certain aspects of the music.

As the UEFA president Michel Platini preached prudence and wisdom to Europe's soccer elite last month, the setting seemed rather incongruous, almost undermining the words he spoke.

It was completed in 1476, less than 20 years before the expulsion of the Jews, and is so elaborate it almost undermines itself, a sacred text more enticing for its decoration and its encyclopedic embrace of Islamic, Christian and folk styles than for its content.

A colony of coffin makers work wood, while all around them on the floor are the golden wood‑shavings whose "bouffant" beauty almost undermines the grimness of the fact that soon a body will be laid to rest in one of those coffins.

"Diluting that with this four-match ban almost undermines the initial message".

Arguably, if Joe and Ryan keep encountering each other and allowing each other to live, it almost undermines how competent both of them are in their chosen "careers".