Sentence examples for not only nearly from inspiring English sources

Flanagan not only nearly won her first marathon, she also won her first United States women's marathon championship, which was contended in the race.

Then, around 1949, he realized that when enlarged, the small ink studies he had been making for years were not only nearly abstract, but they also had an imposing, built-in sense of scale.

This video blog of Olympic diver Tom Daley revealing to his fans and supporters that he is in a romantic relationship with a man not only nearly caused the tabloid press to explode, but also shot straight into YouTube's most trending videos of 2013, despite being released only this month.

"These have survived not only nearly 1500 years of history but even the explosion in some parts," adds Emmerling.

The hardening in Al0.3CrFe1.5MnNi0.5 high-entropy alloy not only nearly triples the hardness of the alloy, but also shows a quick hardening response and the absence of overaging.

The results demonstrate that in comparison with traditional position loop CCC method, the proposed scheme can achieve not only nearly perfect contouring error estimation but also obvious promotion of contouring accuracy.

Eventually, it became clear that she had not only shaved nearly two decades off her age but that nearly everything about her work and education history was not as she had claimed.

Not only was nearly every soul on board her wiped out, but death and destruction were spread by the explosion to other vessels anchored in the vicinity.

As a result, though, not only are nearly a third of young people unemployed but a high proportion of those working have low-wage, six-month contracts.

Developers at the Lake Las Vegas Resort not only took nearly 10 years to construct a 320-acre lake in the middle of the desert, on Friday they will also introduce a floating ice skating rink atop that lake.

Perhaps more important, Pentagon officials assert, will be the beneficial news coverage the Navy expects to receive not only from nearly a week of events around the premiere but also from the film itself.