Sentence examples for point of near from inspiring English sources

The French-German alliance, the motor of integration, is frayed to the point of near rupture.

Over the years, the town's sewer system reached the point of near collapse.

Mr. Su is a quiet writer, self-effacing to the point of near invisibility.

In general, however, he is gloomy to the point of near suicide.

Foes of Mr. Luzhkov's development policies, previously marginalized to the point of near irrelevance, have become emboldened.

At one point a drunken student is brought in by his friends, poisoned to the point of near death.

His audiences, in particular, have been subdued to the point of near-somnolence.

Ask any liberal and they will bemoan how the package has been watered down to the point of near-uselessness.

Far better, argue the authors, to weaken rivals to a point of near-death and keep them there.

We should never again take this country to the point of near-default in order to exact political gain.

The A, S, E, D, C, O, L, N, and M keys are worn down to a point of near-illegibility.