awfully close

Examples (20)

• The car came awfully close to hitting the cyclist.
• The speeding car came awfully close to hitting the pedestrian.
• The two sisters have always been awfully close.
• That lightning strike was awfully close; it lit up the entire room.
• She came awfully close to winning the championship.
• The final score was awfully close, a real nail-biter until the end.
• Be careful, that knife is awfully close to your hand.
• Your guess about my age was awfully close, but I'm a year older.
• The final score was awfully close, 101 to 100.
• He leaned in and his face was awfully close to mine, making me recoil.
• His description of the event was awfully close to the truth.
• We came awfully close to missing our flight because of the traffic.
• We're awfully close to reaching our fundraising goal.
• The camera zoomed in, getting awfully close to the tiny insect on the leaf.
• The new building is awfully close to the old monument, blocking the view.
• The project deadline is getting awfully close, and we still have so much to do.
• Their singing voices are awfully close in tone; it's hard to tell them apart.
• Her performance was awfully close to perfect, but she made one small mistake.
• My guess was awfully close to the right answer.
• The asteroid passed awfully close to Earth, a near-miss for humanity.