Sentence examples for nearly trapped from inspiring English sources

Nearly trapped, Mr. Marrocco was forced to ditch his truck and set out on foot to his own house some miles away.

Almost at once Caesar was nearly trapped at Alexandria, where he had intervened in a succession dispute; but he escaped and installed Cleopatra on the throne, for personal as well as political reasons.

Jets Coach Herman Edwards found himself nearly trapped at a table in an Indianapolis restaurant yesterday morning, besieged for four hours by agents who wanted to pitch their players.

Was the I-95 firebug the same one who started suspicious fires along I-95 in Palm Coast in Flagler County last year, a wildfire that destroyed millions of dollars in homes and property and nearly trapped hundreds of retirees in their pine-carpeted yards?

Consequently, while the right-hand claw of the French pincer (23 divisions) collided with the German 5th and 4th armies (20 divisions) in the Ardennes and was thrown back, the left-hand claw (13 French and four British divisions) found itself nearly trapped between the German 1st and 2nd armies, with a total of 30 divisions, on the one hand, and the 3rd, on the other.

They were nearly trapped by the German invasion of Greece in 1940 but escaped to Egypt where they parted.

There are five singles from the first five balls and then the even quicker one so nearly traps Silva.

It's nearly five: Lee tempts Jones into a ridiculous waft outside off stump which meets only fresh air, and then nearly traps him with a straighter one.

8th over: South Africa 48-1 (chasing 324; Smith 23, Kallis 1) Stuart Broad replaces Graham Onions and very nearly traps Kallis LBW with a straight one.

In the third book, Alice returns home after nearly getting trapped in 1930.

The library was burned when Caesar and his army nearly became trapped in Alexandria and had to fight their way out.