Sentence examples for close to advance from inspiring English sources

KENTUCKY 79, GONZAGA 62 Kentucky, the No. 2 seed, put together an impressive surge early in the game and another surge after Gonzaga got too close to advance to the Kingston (R.I).

Finally, Jackson was asked how it felt to be so close to advancing to the finals.

In making the fellowship award, preference is given to JSP students who have advanced to candidacy or who are close to advancing.

The Mets are so close to advancing to the postseason that they can feel October, but they are not officially excited about anything just yet.

While Costa Mesa High also came close to advancing before finishing 10th in Division IV, the experience alone was something to celebrate.

Orly Taitz didn't come remotely close to advancing her bid for California attorney general in Tuesday's open primary, finishing second-to-last in a crowded field of seven candidates.

Obviously, if you're not winning, you've got to change your game, so I ended up changing my game and things started going well for me". Campbell also came close to advancing to today's quarterfinal in Community College Men's Singles, but was defeated by Jony Chai of Cerritos in the round of 16 on Friday.

PARIS — No one came closer to advancing to the third round of the French Open on Wednesday without actually doing it than Andrea Petkovic.

Federer, whose match started first, was closest to advancing to the final when Christopher Gorringe, the Wimbledon chief executive, made his latest apologetic announcement of a postponement.

The victory came before a sellout crowd at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium and put the Americans a step closer to advancing to the regional finals.

Sidney Crosby, Tyler Kennedy and Douglas Murray scored during a seven-minute stretch in the second period, and Kris Letang added a power-play goal in the third as Pittsburgh moved a step closer to advancing.