Sentence examples similar to was close to inviting from inspiring English sources

The incantations are close to inviting: in the single chord and rising pulse of "Jim," Gira sings, "Let's raise up our hands in prayer, walk barefoot upon this carpet of air".

Boston was closer to my family, and the music scene was much more inviting at the time.

I am close to some and wouldn't mind inviting a few, but I know others are indifferent about being invited.

Florida came perilously close to inviting creationism back into the classroom, but its legislative session ended before different versions of its bill could be reconciled.

To us it seems warm and inviting; to her fellow Afrikaners at the time, the word they would use would be closer to unhinged.

So far, however, the exclusive closed-door negotiations and secrecy surrounding the industry is akin to inviting the resource curse to come to stay in Haiti.

For example, tailoring the way they celebrate an individual's recognition celebration – secretly inviting the family of one person they know to be extremely close to her family, while inviting a mariachi band for someone else who particularly loves live music.

A close personal adviser interprets: "What Titid is telling you is that he's inviting everyone and talking to everyone.

Similarly, interviews suggested that the concentration of aggression in the lounge was related to barmaids inviting patrons with whom they had flirted to the area after closing time.

The snooker clubs that are closing down are probably not inviting; there's a little doorway on a street where people don't go in.

The disease itself is the "permanent chill from getting too close to death, from inviting it in".