Sentence examples for nearly break from inspiring English sources
They have seen drugs, and the attendant war, pulverise and very nearly break a succession of countries in the region.
Peterson came back from knee surgery to nearly break Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing record, so it is easy to see where that confidence comes from.
And the narrow sidewalks on the Left Bank are charming until you nearly break your ankle trying to dodge a phalanx of Parisiennes gesticulating with cigarettes.
"We do not shed our humanity when we enter this chamber," Mr. Ryan said, his voice seeming to nearly break at times.
56 min: Crouch and Wright-Phillips come on for Jenas and Joe Cole, whose last contribution was to nearly break clear down the left, only to be stopped in his tracks by a strong challenge from Behrami.
There are resonant ambiguities: "buckle" for example could be imperative or indicative, and it could mean any of three things: to prepare for action (an archaic meaning), to fasten together, or to bend, crumple and nearly break ("buckled like a bicycle wheel" as William Empson remarked when analysing the poem in Seven Types of Ambiguity).
Ireland emerged nearly broken.
The marriage nearly breaks apart.
