Sentence examples for near lost from inspiring English sources

Then I heard her on Kanye's Monster, and damn near lost my mind.

We damn near lost it in the Civil War, and we spilled one hell of a lot of blood to avoid losing it.

They dug Yates out of the snow bank, and when he reached the house, the first thing he said to Kyle Wilson was, "I damn near lost my life getting here, so you better be worth it".

"I done damn near lost my mama/I done been through so much drama," he sings in the song's chorus, an apparent reference to the rumor that his mother, Jonetta Patton — who is also his former manager — disapproved of the union.

The lieutenant had adopted a mangy one-eared cat while they were on patrol; the cat scratched his ankle and the scratch got infected, and instead of going for treatment he played the fool and tried to tough it out and damn near lost his foot.

I remembered the promise I made to myself the summer before - the Notorious Summer of 2013 when my dad died, I got dumped, I sprained my foot, and damn near lost my mind.

Gildersleeve's own comment on this incident summed it up: "I lost my pocket Homer, I lost my pistol, I lost one of my horses and, finally, I came very near losing my life". As a result of this wound, he would bear a limp for the remainder of his life.

Gildersleeve's comment summed up the incident: "I lost my pocket Homer, I lost my pistol, I lost one of my horses and, finally, I came very near losing my life". As a result of this wound, he would bear a limp for the remainder of his life.

Reginald Hawkins, the librarian came near losing his patience during the early excitement about artificial rubber.

The prizes on offer, not least financially, and the penalties for defeat inevitably apply pressure more prematurely, but the idea of Rodgers being anywhere near losing his job at this stage of the season - barring a meltdown of epic proportions - would rank close to knee-jerk.

Future river restoration projects will, however, be constrained by the prohibition on river restoration in groundwater protection zones near losing rivers.