Sentence examples for nearly lifting from inspiring English sources

In the hospital, my doctor was impressed by the progress I had made — she could hardly believe my story about nearly lifting a book.

The roaring of the wind was appalling, laying the ship on her bears ends, and the lower yard-arms in the heavy sea, which overwhelmed and flowed over her, tearing away all her lee barricading, and nearly lifting the sheet anchor on board'.5.

The crowd shouted back at the police and pushed forward, nearly lifting us off our feet in the process.

It ended with the officer nearly lifting Wall off the ground by his neck before pushing him to the ground and attempting to pull his arms behind his back.

Their voices nearly lifted the roof off it.

When Natasha Lyonne read "Coney Island Baby," she nearly lifted it back into song.

I don't know why I found so much comfort in that thought, but it nearly lifted me off the ground, and suddenly, everywhere, I felt embraced.

I come through the first half and finally reach First Avenue, the crowd so loud it nearly lifts me off the ground.

A leader, a striker, a man who very nearly lifted his team to the pinnacle of this World Cup, Forlán would have merited a place on any of the three teams who can still win it — the Netherlands, Germany or Spain.

Mr. Gillespie is a practiced and articulate messenger of the kind of pre-Trump mainstream Republicanism that is popular enough in Virginia to have nearly lifted him to an upset victory over Senator Mark Warner in 2014.

Gary Ballance (18 and 7) He found himself in desperately difficult circumstances to attempt to get his Test career off the ground, but showed some ticker in wearing a Mitchell Johnson rocket that nearly lifted head and helmet off in one go.