Sentence examples for practically ending from inspiring English sources

Practically ending the dreams of the more than a dozen N.B.A. franchises that tried to court him, Webber, the 6-foot-10 All-Star forward for the Sacramento Kings, is close to agreeing in principle to a seven-year contract with the team for about $123 million, a Western Conference official who spoke on condition of anonymity said yesterday.

One week later Roberts suffered a broken leg after colliding with teammate Duke Carmel on the field during a game, practically ending his career.

"He practically ended up in my lap," Verrier said.

García Cortés always felt like it practically ended his Madrid career too.

Underground mining at Kabwe has practically ended, although reworking of mine dumps has prolonged activity at the mine.

1936 Major Strikes End in France The strikes in France, which have thrown the country in a ferment during the past eighteen days, were practically ended yesterday [June 13].

"It is up to him whether he wants to continue playing, or stay at Real Madrid and meet his contractual obligation and practically end his sporting career".

"The most disturbing thing that has happened is that any regional cooperation or integration has practically ended," said Taher Masri, a former prime minister of Jordan.

I'll never forget the early thrill of those first episodes where you'd practically end up panting by the time the credits rolled.

PKK spokesman Zagros Hiwa told The Independent that the air attacks, of which there are estimated to have been hundreds so far, had "unilaterally and practically ended the peace process" between Turkey and the PKK.

No one has a divine right to pollute the air that others breathe, whether his pollution is a big or small threat to other people's health, or merely a source of discomfort and annoyance.You say that restricting smoking to separate areas has practically ended the passive-smoke problem in America and is "increasingly" solving the problem in Europe.