Sentence examples for was almost solid from inspiring English sources

He started in his own delegation, where there was almost solid support for Gov. Ronald Reagan of California.

He started in his own delegation, where there was almost solid support for Gov. Ronald Reagan of California, an undeclared candidate who was plainly running.

Called Millbank Ridge, the 2.3-acre site is almost solid rock with a stomach-turning drop in grade.

Google's national flu trend maps, which track flu-related searches, are almost solid red (for "intense activity") and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly FluView maps, which track confirmed cases, are nearly solid brown (for "widespread activity").

Chiang Mai and the 16 provinces around it are almost solid red-shirt territory; the 20 provinces of Thailand's poor north-east, a region known as Isan, are even redder (see map).

But instead of lush images, in the case of "Mourning Wall" viewers are met by prints that are almost solid gray; in "Family Portrait," dark prints are interspersed with pure white ones; "Birthday Portrait" consists of vertical swipes that seem like gestures -- the images were made by pulling the film from the camera while it was exposed.

Toastmaster's glass, English glass about the size of an ordinary drinking glass but with only about one-quarter of its capacity; the glass creates the illusion of being full by means of a depression in its bowl, which in fact is almost solid.

Palm oil, extracted from the fruit of oil palm trees, is a low-cost vegetable oil with a long shelf life, and is almost solid at room temperature, characteristics that suit its use in processed foods like cereal, bread, candy, potato chips and margarine.

The BIII lesion (arrow) is almost solid after 3 months, indicating aggressive behaviour.

But though the 26-year-old had spent 12 hours outside in temperatures of -20C and his body was almost frozen solid, he somehow survived.

Slightly jarring out-of-character behaviour aside – I refuse to believe that the Lady Mary of series one would have consented to sing at that sodding concert – this episode was almost another solid return to form.