Sentence examples for it was nearest from inspiring English sources

During this year, the planet was moving past the point along its orbit where it was nearest to the Sun (a perihelic opposition), which made this a particularly close approach to the Earth.

One young woman who was on the Pearl Harbor tour with us described what her grandmother-in-law, living near the Pearl Harbor base at the time, related about the experience: "She told me, her husband got up; he put on the uniform he had worn on Friday--something that was just not done but it was nearest at hand--and left for the base immediately.

It was near lunchtime.

It was nearing midnight.

It was nearing 2 a.m.

IT WAS nearing midnight when Pat Cox snapped.

It was nearing midnight on Sept. 13.

It was near Christmas time.

Well, it was near solitude.

It was nearing 7 p.m.

It was near Christopher Street, not Chelsea Piers.