Sentence examples for were almost extinct from inspiring English sources

European rollers (Coracias garrulus) were almost extinct from large parts of Hungary in the 1970 1980s.

Hawaiian geese were almost extinct in the early forties but he resuscitated the species by captive-breeding them.

By 1966, when the International Whaling Commission banned blue whale hunting, they were almost extinct; now there are around 2,300.

Reds are prospering and greys disappearing in areas where there is a strong population of pine martens, which were almost extinct 50 years ago.

The North American bison were almost extinct — less than a thousand animals — but through the acts of some really righteous people, including in the bison ranching community, now the herd is above 500,000".

In Namibia's far northwest Kunene region (also known as Kaokoland), black rhinos were almost extinct.

This antelope is almost extinct".

By the 1950s it was almost extinct.

By the 1970s, feudalism was almost extinct.

Restraints on interspousal litigation are almost extinct.

In 2015, landline phones are almost extinct in dorm rooms.