Sentence examples for nearly rose from inspiring English sources

Elmer Bernstein's score nearly rose to the level of his work on The Magnificent Seven.

In at least one portrait of an artist, though, Tintoretto nearly rose to the level of Titian.

She nearly rose out of her chair at one point when Mr. Gore pledged to bring down the rising cost of prescription drugs.

People are moving to the western part of Holland because it's where the economy grows".In 1993 and again in 1995 heavy river flooding inundated the countryside and nearly rose above dykes in population centres, forcing the evacuation of more than 250,000 people.

This nearly perfect rose, or the other one who has been stripped of its beauty"...

He reharmonizes Fats Waller's "Honeysuckle Rose" nearly to the breaking point and plays exuberantly with "Tea for Two," toying with its simple melody to tease out a comically obsessive syncopation.

Instead of reflecting the premium usually bestowed on a unique piece, the hammer price fell far below the sticker price on the closest comparable limited-edition model, which retails for 268,000 Swiss francs, or nearly $300,000, in rose gold in a limited edition of eight.

A pivotal figure in the 1950s Beat culture of artists, poets and musicians, DeFeo is most closely identified with one work, considered her finest achievement: "The Rose," a nearly 12-foot-tall painting that took eight years to complete, weighs a ton and is in the Whitney's permanent collection.

The number of suburban residents living in poverty rose by nearly 64percentt between 2000 and 2011, to about 16.4 million people, according to a Brookings Institution analysis of 95 of the nation's largest metropolitan areas.

Forward prices for 2011 rose by nearly 50% over the same period.

Tesco's profits were above £3.5bn for the first time last year, and Sainsbury's rose by nearly 13%.