Sentence examples for only just missed from inspiring English sources
She says she only just missed out on the role for being too young.
(Storey only just missed out on a place in the Olympic cycling team this year).
In 1997, four garages collapsed into a huge sinkhole that only just missed a neighbouring house.
"Apparently I'd only just missed the man who used to run Bradford & Bingley.
If you've only just missed your grades, they may still take you.
Richard Benson's memoir of the destruction of the British farming industry, The Farm, only just missed out on the prize.
Text messages disappear, cellphone calls don't go through, and characters only just miss meeting on trains.
A blazing flare was thrown from the away section, only just missing goalkeeper Smith and creating a heated exchange between the two sets of supporters.
His cross only just misses Drogba in the centre, Pareja getting his eyebrows to the ball to brush it away from danger.
12.25am BST 65 min: Nice move by Spain up the left with Pedro whipping a near post cross that Villa only just misses when he slides in.
He drops a shoulder, cuts inside, and unleashes a rasping, rising drive, the ball only just missing the top-right corner.
