Sentence examples for brought near from inspiring English sources

When two huge tungsten balls were brought near, their gravitational tug on the barbell slowed its swing time by a split second.

This system brought near tropical storm-force winds to Texas as far north as Galveston.

When a saint's bones are brought near, a pot of lantern oil bubbles over, demons and illnesses flee people's bodies.

By 2011, with oil fetching an average of $110 a barrel, more than twice the current price, oil companies stepped up injection pressures to levels that brought near chaos to the oil fields.

Inclusion opportunities have materialized in that the images and goods that were once remote have been brought near, but due to the lack of economic capacity to access these commodities, many poor populations are "left behind" [ 55].

Some materials, such as chromium, showed paramagnetism, being capable of weak induced magnetization when brought near a magnet.

She also said she opposes a blanket ban on guns in schools — citing one example of a rural school that might want to protect against "potential grizzlies" — a statement that brought near-immediate ridicule from late-night comics.

Wintery conditions heaped further misery on New Jersey and New York residents Wednesday as a nor'easter brought near-freezing temperatures and snow to a region still recovering from superstorm Sandy.

In recent weeks, he has found himself enmeshed both in a corruption scandal reminiscent of the one that undid Mayor Edward I. Koch in the late 1980s and in a snowstorm debacle of the kind that brought near-ruin to Mayor John V. Lindsay in 1969.

Not to overlook the fact that the cars are a genuine boon to most of the recipients, this show is supposed to be about reaching out, building bridges, touching lives, not about trying to burnish the reputation of a company that has brought near-ruin on itself.

The storm that brought near-record snowfall to the eastern US has caused heavy rain and high winds in much of Scotland.