Sentence examples for nearly wasted from inspiring English sources

He nearly wasted that opportunity last July.

The effort was nearly wasted in the ninth, when Bobby Parnell allowed two consecutive singles.

But the Tigers nearly wasted Fister's dazzling streak, blowing a lead late before beating Kansas City in Detroit.

The Mets outhit the Rockies, 18-6, but nearly wasted a masterly start from Johan Santana because they went just 4 for 18 with runners in scoring position.

Considering how the Giants wasted so many scoring opportunities last night, they nearly wasted their chance for the home-field playoff advantage.

At 1 45 A.M. on April 4, 1979, four wardens entered the prison cell of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, a waifishly thin man, nearly wasted away by malaria, dysentery, and hunger strikes.

The defense held Arizona to 3 points for 58 minutes Sunday before nearly wasting all of a 21-3 lead in the closing minutes, and the defensive line did not register a sack.

Anyone who has read Christina Rossetti's long poem "Goblin Market," about a maiden accepting fruit from "goblin men" and then nearly wasting away in an agony of desire, might well conclude that her true subject was more fleshly than supernatural.

The Mets' first-place lead in the National League East dwindled to two and a half games when Philadelphia, coming off a three-game sweep at Shea Stadium, held on to defeat the Cardinals, 13-11, in St . Louisafter nearly wasting an 11-run lead.

You don't look nearly as wasted as me.

Now he was wasted nearly to nothing.