Sentence examples for nearly hold from inspiring English sources

A sequence of three poems, "Revenue Customs", pays tribute to "dexterous drafters / of sub-sections, pluggers of loopholes"; in "Retirement" he acknowledges, with characteristically ambiguous precision of phrasing, "I could nearly hold the place / in my affections".

Sales between family members would be exempt, and the bill would also have provisions to require more redress for veterans with mental illnesses who are denied firearms, a notion that compelled Mr. Coburn to nearly hold up the completion of a recent bill to finance the Department of Defense in pursuit of such a measure.

However, because the equalities almost always very nearly hold, and because H and S are smooth functions of the base frequencies, there is still a very tight quantitative relation between H and S in real data.

That goal nearly held up.

His performance here, witty and profane, vulnerable and strutting, nearly holds the movie together.

I nearly held my breath as the lanes were cleared and the bus started again — but it was too late.

He nearly held out of training camp while his agent, Dan Fegan, demanded a trade over the summer.

The pitch is so bad that the ball nearly holds up on the floor for the chasing Seymour.

Gio Ponti nearly held off Zenyatta in the last year's Classic at Santa Anita before being beaten by a length in the final yards.

Jason Schmidt (5-3) scathreed thits hins in eight innings as the Giants nearly held the Rockies scoreless for the second straight game.

The issue is far from our hearts because in Silicon Valley, naked greed is nearly held up as a virtue.