English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Almost" in Example Sentences
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35723	I don't see any point in going if the party is almost over.	CK
260259	I have written to him once a month for almost twenty years.	CK
2952754	I'm almost certain that Tom will be at the meeting tomorrow.	CK
31734	It's been almost ten years, but you're as beautiful as ever.	CM
3071476	Those pants are much too long. They almost touch the ground.	sharptoothed
2957040	Tom is almost never willing to do anything we ask him to do.	CK
3205207	It's almost impossible to tell what someone else is thinking.	CK
2943142	Today is Friday, and I've done what I do almost every Friday.	patgfisher
2998900	We've almost finished doing everything that needs to be done.	CK
1871846	Once you start eating popcorn, it's almost impossible to stop.	CK
267030	In the beginning, man was almost the same as the other animals.	CK
3094279	Tom almost always falls asleep at night hugging his teddy bear.	CK
3066804	Tom and Mary kept their marriage a secret from almost everyone.	CK
680425	The bridge between Denmark and Sweden is almost five miles long.	Source_VOA
389174	He almost never gets sick because he is careful about his health.	CK
2952760	I'm almost certain that we have enough money to buy what we need.	CK
954069	It's almost impossible to avoid eating genetically modified food.	CK
66416	The berries were ripening almost as fast as we could gather them.	CK
2976344	Tom almost always falls to sleep at night hugging his teddy bear.	CK
250362	My TV set is almost 15 years old, but it still has a good picture.	CK
2735714	Seriously though, episode 21 made me laugh so hard I almost cried.	CK
268370	He was wearing a long black coat that reached almost to his ankles.	CK
21895	It is almost impossible to learn a foreign language in a short time.	Swift
462622	The bull is stronger than the bullfighter, but he almost always loses.	lukaszpp
2953680	We know each other so well that we can almost read each other's minds.	CK
2952756	I'm almost certain that Tom will get into the university of his choice.	CK
2952757	I'm almost certain that Tom will get into the university that he wants.	CK
238093	The police have been searching for the stolen goods for almost a month.	CK
251620	By the time he retires, my father will have worked for almost thirty years.	CK
251712	By the time my father retires, he will have worked for almost thirty years.	CK
396383	He and I are such close friends that we can almost read each other's minds.	CM
1093266	Tom lives near a beach, so he goes swimming almost every day in the summer.	CK
271911	It was almost a decade ago, on May 8th, 1980, that Mount St. Helens erupted.	CM
30142	When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.	CK
269037	Recently what with anxiety and lack of sleep, she has lost almost ten pounds.	CM
47203	Almost all of the passenger in the bus were asleep when the accident happened.	CK
284030	The gun went off while he was cleaning it, and the bullet almost struck his wife.	CK
17955	If you were to fall from that bridge, it would be almost impossible to rescue you.	CK
954091	It's possible to study English with a native speaker almost anywhere in the world.	CK
1056527	At the time of the accident, almost all of the passengers on the bus were sleeping.	CK
283403	When he reached the station, the train had already left almost half an hour before.	CK
325119	By this time next year, you will have visited almost all the famous places in Japan.	CK
33163	Bob gave Tina almost all the stamps he had collected, and kept only a few for himself.	CK
62929	Almost everyone in the class voted in favor of having a thank-you party for the teachers.	CK
847240	Almost the only time a fat man loses his temper is when he has been deprived of his food.	Source_Benedict_1921
1141310	A study found that almost 10% of men were obese in 2008. That was up from about 5% in 1980.	Source_VOA
1350151	When I learned that Julie was coming for a visit tomorrow, I was so surprised I almost fainted.	CM
954079	It's getting easier to find audio files by native speakers for almost any language you might want to study.	CK
847266	A chance to do as we please, especially to do as little hard work as possible, is a secret desire of almost everybody.	Source_Benedict_1921
667975	The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.	CK