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Example sentences for "nearly three"

  • At length, at nearly three o'clock, we came in sight of the little, old, depopulated town of Dumfries.

  • The position occupied by our division was known as Lee's Mills, and to our right, nearly three miles, was the village of Yorktown.

  • Our line of battle stretched across the vast plain, nearly three miles in length, straight as the flight of an arrow.

  • The third joint is the broadest, nearly three times as broad as long.

  • Strange to say, there is nearly three times as much among them, in that State, as exists among those of Ohio!

  • Its configuration is nearly three parts of a circle.

  • The men "kept their spirits up by pouring spirits down," and before the work was completed nearly three hogsheads of alcohol were swallowed by them.

  • Even at the time of our visit to Antigua, after the lapse of nearly three years, they spoke of the event with an admiration apparently unabated.

  • The tuber is remarkable for its singular shape, of a flattened oval, frequently measuring eight or nine inches in length by nearly three inches in width.

  • Root produced within the earth, broadest at the crown, where its diameter is nearly three inches, and tapering gradually to a point; the length being about eight inches.

  • You see it is nearly three miles to the "town;" the service will be nearly three hours; I don't quite know how I shall get through it.

  • I should not dare to trust my memory for the number of fugitive slaves this brave old friend has helped to safety and freedom--nearly three thousand, I believe.

  • Nearly three-fourths of our citizens live in urban areas, which occupy only 2 percent of our land--and if local transit is to survive and relieve the congestion of these cities, it needs Federal stimulation and assistance.

  • Our stay in Sydney was protracted to a period of nearly three months.

  • He arrived in February, 1830, and remained in Norfolk for a period of nearly three years, broken only by occasional absences.

  • Between this and Fort Morgan the distance is nearly three miles; but a bank of hard sand making out from the island prevents vessels of any considerable size approaching it nearer than two miles.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    corolla funnel; enough water; had returned; liberal quantity; nearly all; nearly allied; nearly black; nearly circular; nearly cold; nearly equal; nearly every; nearly flat; nearly free; nearly half; nearly horizontal; nearly parallel; nearly related; nearly sessile; nearly square; nearly the; nearly twice; nearly uniform; pound carronades; strong waters; thin piece; wheeled carriage