Sentence examples for almost until the day from inspiring English sources

Almost until the day the vote took place, it was impossible to predict the result.

The Daily Express had a banner across page one every day assuring readers there would be "no war in Europe, this year or next" almost until the day one started in 1939.

One can easily picture his formidable mother, Sara, in the little room at Springwood where she gave daily directions to the estate staff almost until the day of her death and in the dining room where she presided at the head of the table even after Franklin's marriage.

I learned from my grandfather's lectures almost until the day he died at age 93 -- when he informed me that it was time for him to meet his maker, even if the rest of us thought otherwise.

His private coaches, all of them tended by Mr. Crawford almost until the day he died, do not have the panache of the city buses that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. refused to ride.

She went on almost until the day she died.As a national institution, with her turquoise kitchen and copper pans eventually enshrined in the Smithsonian, she was excused from changes in fashion.

However, Andersen lawyers are planning to argue that Mr. Duncan denied having the intent to obstruct justice until almost the day he decided to reach a plea bargain.

It may well remain open to major revision almost until Election Day, now less than four weeks off.

Having batted through the entire third day, Cook, on the fourth, batted on and on until the day had almost drawn to a close, scratching his guard, walking his walk to square-leg between deliveries to settle his mind.

Until the day when such reports are the almost universal norm, however, these schemes will serve a useful purpose.

It comes as Trump faces a Republican nomination battle that will almost certainly extend until the final day of primary voting on June 7 — or even to the party's July national convention in Cleveland — if he fails to secure the delegate majority needed to become the presumptive nominee.