Sentence examples for nearly closing from inspiring English sources

The phrase "nearly closing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate something is nearing its end, either literally or figuratively. For example: "The sun was nearly closing on the horizon, signaling the end of the day."

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Perhaps it was fatigue — Friday night, nearly closing time — but the food appeared alarmingly slapdash.

The Hall of Fame, which has inducted 157 women so far, has rebounded in recent years after nearly closing in 1989 because of financial troubles.

It was nearly closing time and we still had all the washing up to do.

In response to a glare, we omit the details of a scene by nearly closing our eyes and looking through the shade of brows and lashes to render a visual average: the broad shapes, the main roads.

Although he likes his college, he rails at the school's continuing to raise its tuition, nearly closing out a student (like him) whose family is too poor to pay the full price but too well-off to be eligible for certain loans.

While trends on promotions and pay have remained largely unchanged from a 2013 Gallup survey, there has been an increase in the percentage of women who say career advancement is "very important" or "somewhat important" to them, nearly closing the gap between women and men. .

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In this manner, some closed or nearly closed trajectories around the Earth Moon Lagrange points are found that need almost zero station-keeping maneuver.

Many mines nearly closed.

This Cannes is nearly closed.

In recent years they nearly closed the gap.

World War II, however, nearly closed the company.

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