Sentence examples for were actually close from inspiring English sources

As a result it seemed mild, but temperatures were actually close to average.

Despite their antipathy across the floor of the Commons, Howe and Healey and their wives were actually close friends in private, sharing an enthusiasm for music.

The Freudian theory that her flower paintings were actually close studies of the female vulva were first put forward in 1919 by Alfred Stieglitz, the photographer who first promoted O'Keeffe's work and later became her husband.

The bankruptcy took up 2 episodes; by the end of the second, as Elliot & Michael sat in the ruins of their business among the glass bricks & crated IBM clones, writer & his wife were actually close to tears.

(Ms. Palin is sometimes remembered as having substantially negative favorability ratings in 2008, but they were actually close to break-even; her numbers did not consistently turn negative until after the election).

He did not appear to screen patients to determine whether they were actually close to death, and he seemed to make no efforts to get counseling for those who might have wanted to live longer.

When the results came in they were actually closer to the 40,000 year-old Denisovans from Siberia.

"Some were actually closing their doors because they just couldn't make ends meet," Lazere said.

Not only did the DOD never do such a thing, but Theranos' 2014 revenues were actually closer to $100,000.

The game was actually close for most of the first quarter.

Santana was actually close to escaping the fourth-inning devastation with the Mets leading, 5-3.