Sentence examples for had been practically from inspiring English sources

She had been practically a child bride!

— By noon Sunday, Barn 43 at Churchill Downs had been practically wiped clean.

That morning, when the earthquake hit, he had been practically thrown from his bed.

Tourism, which had been practically unheard of here, is now a hot topic.

In 1889, the editors of the original Oxford English Dictionary noted that the term Caucasian had been "practically discarded".

By the time you were ready to come back [to Landing Zone Dottie], they had been practically through the village. . . .

"I've been practically begging for ads".

More accurately, they have been practically non-existent.

Some categories of buyers have been practically wiped out.

On Israel and Palestine, there has been practically no diplomacy at all.

Once it would have been practically a gimme.