Sentence examples for close to bumping from inspiring English sources

(If the first eight months of the 2012 fiscal year are indicative, the agency won't come close to bumping up against the 2013 ceilings).

Rodríguez avoided making contact with Betancourt, but his throw sailed over second base and into center field for an error that allowed Beltre to advance to third.Rodríguez then began arguing with the plate umpire Mike Winters and at one point appeared to come close to bumping him — if not making contact.

But when the two men came close to bumping into each other, Mr Khatami reportedly took evasive action by hiding in the toilet.

The upgrade experience has never been repeated, unfortunately, but there is still something great about being able to watch your favorite players up close, and to bump into them casually in the gym or in the restaurant.

But it is in the moment that follows, when most of us would avert our eyes and move on, that the American street photographer Mark Cohen makes his work, moving forward, toward children, young women, dirty and shirtless strangers, until his wide-angle lens is close enough to bump bellies.

The other is close to being bumped off the ballot for too little support.

Noise levels from different kinds of vehicles were measured on streets close to road bumps.

The insurer soared 10.6% to close at $36.24 Wednesday to bump its gain over the past five sessions to nearly 45%.

My surrounding streets are close together, with plenty of corners to bump into someone for a chat.

Trees need to build in some tolerance to drought, "but you want to bump up as close to that margin as you can because then you can grow better and compete better with other plants," explains Craig Allen, a U.S. Geological Survey ecologist based in Los Alamos, New Mexico, who was not involved with the study.

Go up the chairlift again and go to the same bump again, this time get even closer to the bump and then dig your skis into the base of the bump and then trip and go over the bump.