Nearly

Examples

• I am nearly seventy, Mr. Lydgate, and I go upon experience. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Together they set about designing the machine to make it as nearly perfect as possible in adaptation to the needs of modern business. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In effect, the voyage of the voice across the continent is instantaneous; if its speed should be accurately measured, a fifteenth of a second would probably be nearly exact. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He left his dead and nearly all his wounded in our hands, and about four hundred prisoners and several hundred horses. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In the coin of some countries, the value of the two metals is nearly equal. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He said, I have been through nearly every form of trial that human flesh is heir to, and I find that _there is nothing in life to fear but sin_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Muhammad was knocked down and nearly killed, and there was much running away among his followers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Searchlights have recently been made capable of being seen nearly a hundred miles away. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• There are names, and Christian symbols, and prayers, or sentences expressive of Christian hopes, carved upon nearly every sarcophagus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• When the bottle is nearly full, the operator quickly withdraws it with one hand, and having a cork ready in the other, he puts it in before the water can rush out. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Thus, while the force was reduced nearly one-half, the quantity of product was more than doubled. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Some make fun of it, some overpraise, and nearly all insist that I had a deep theory to expound, when I only wrote it for the pleasure and the money. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Its founder was Clovis (481-511), who began as a small king in Belgium and ended with his southern frontiers nearly at the Pyrenees. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Inasmuch as the nitrogen of liquid air evaporates first, and leaves nearly pure liquid oxygen, it may also be employed as a means for producing and applying oxygen. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• If I could have hoped it would have brought in nearly the sum wanted, I'd have sold all long ago. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The next step is to reproduce, as nearly as we can, the domestic circumstances which surrounded you last year. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Before the invention of the art of printing, a scholar and a beggar seem to have been terms very nearly synonymous. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Each of those machines, with a boy as an attendant, will fold 2,700 envelopes in an hour, which is nearly the same number that an experienced workman can fold in a day with a folding stick. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• To think of that is nearly intolerable! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The coinage of the United States mints since the organization of the government has amounted to nearly 6,000,000,000 pieces, valued at over $4,000,000,000. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Then Becquerel was next visited, but he was nearly blind and could see nothing in the new optical toy. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He wondered if she did not begin to see what a powerful engine it was, and how nearly it had crushed her. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Let me see,' replied Mr. Pickwick, referring to his watch, 'it is now nearly three. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Their position very nearly enfiladed the line of the enemy while he was marching through the cornfield. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There were astronomers from nearly every nation, says Mr. Edison. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It is impossible to do justice to all the delicate attentions I received from Lord Worcester during nearly three years. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Nearly 5,000 United States patents have been granted in the class of weaving. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Two hundred years, nearly, elapsed before the next important advance in horology. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It's nearly noon. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Here you have been abroad nearly six months, and done nothing but waste time and money and disappoint your friends. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

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