Sentence examples for close to quitting from inspiring English sources

Many more were close to quitting.

"I came close to quitting baseball," he says.

More than once, he came close to quitting his command in frustration.

He was as close to quitting last winter as Iverson was to being traded last summer.

But, lending credibility, a hardline Maoist faction that accuses the leadership of selling out is close to quitting the party.

The Bridesmaids filmmaker came close to quitting the movie after being "inundated with hate" for his modern vision.

"I was really close to quit tennis," he said last week, "because after the first surgery, the second one, and, in the end, the third one, it was really, really sad moments for me".

Having studied the route I knew that this was nonsense, but we were too close to quit.

And, if that happens, Britain will be closer to quitting the EU, and our interests really will be damaged.

On election night, however, Mr Gingrich said that the media has declared him dead before, and that he is no closer to quitting now than he was then.

Many Greeks said they had feared that a Syriza victory would have pushed their country closer to quitting the euro, but many others feel they are paying for the profligacy of the same political parties, the Socialists and New Democracy, that caused Greece to seek a bailout and then imposed austerity measures that have helped push unemployment to 22 percent.