Sentence examples for came close to missing from inspiring English sources

The TV version, however, came close to missing the mark.

He acknowledged that the Jets came close to missing the playoffs last year, but "look at what we did when we got in".

Amélie Mauresmo, the runner-up in 1999 who now meets Capriati in the quarter-finals, came close to missing the appointment before squeezing out a 6-0, 4-6, 7-5 win over the unseeded German Marlene Weingartner.

Off the ice, Moffie said that Merrill didn't even come close to missing a class while he was suspended, and the change in Merrill seemed genuine.

I think there's a big difference between struggle and failure, which is something that the author of this article comes close to missing.

They twice came close to winning promotion, missing out by three points in the 1950 51 season and then on goal average the following year.

He even came close to admitting that he had missed the new media boat.

Hicham el-Guerrouj came close to giving Morocco another world record, missing the 1,500 mark by 0.89 seconds.

Then in 1989 we missed Q4 and came close to running out of cash.

He came close to making the 1954 International League All-Star team, but missed the cut by four votes to Sam Jethroe.

"And," Mr. Roberts added, "he came close to getting fatally shot at Ole Miss".