Sentence examples similar to close to once from inspiring English sources

The mission brings the U.S. a step closer to once again sending its own astronauts to space.

I'd only had anything close to sex once before - a week before my 16th birthday.

I was close to qualifying once or twice but this group is different.

We were so close to sitting once more at the Cool Kids Table of the World's High School.

Failure to successfully conclude its bailout review, and unlock the funds, could push the country close to bankruptcy once again and possibly reignite the euro zone crisis.

Even Elon Musk came close to bankruptcy once, in his worst year.

In their four seasons in Division Three, they have come close to promotion once when they reached the play-offs in 2011.

It gets squishy and you get close to them once the room starts to fill up.

I am glad that we had the opportunity in the last few years to become closer and to once again bond as brothers.

Something happened, and close to all at once.

The deliberations came close to curdling only once, during the discussion of lighting.