How to Use almost in a Sentence

almost

adverb
Definition of almostnext
Synonyms for almostnext
  • Goats will eat almost anything.
  • Analysts predict that rates will rise by almost 40 percent.
  • At one time in the first half, LSU was shooting almost 80% from the field and was 5 of 6 on threes.
    — Wally Hall, arkansasonline.com, 4 Feb. 2024
  • One of her sons stands next to her, almost a full head taller.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The Fever are sitting at 2-6 almost a quarter of the way through the season.
    — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2023
  • Arable land in the United States has declined by almost a sixth in the past three decades.
    — WIRED, 14 Oct. 2023
  • And so in those times, the script changes almost until like a novel or prose changes form.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The Ice Spice brew packs a punch—in fact, an almost overwhelming one.
    — Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2023
  • But the right side of her lower jaw, where the bullet had burst through her face, was almost powder.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2024
  • But then suddenly, there’ll be almost a straight-up pop song in there, too, to mix it up.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The end of season one is almost like a newborn baby opening their eyes and seeing the world for the first time.
    — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Recipe Tip This method of making cookies from cake mix can be used with almost any cake mix.
    — Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2023
  • There's a reason My Name Is Barbra is almost 1,000 pages long.
    — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2023
  • After trying and failing to get the pontoon to move for almost 45 minutes, Pickett took a small boat to the dock to speak with the boaters.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2023
  • For almost a month, not a single American was able to leave.
    — Rozina Ali, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Julia Roberts almost stayed on this side of the pond before starring in Notting Hill.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The vast majority of that sum — almost $28 million — came from claims against the city's police force and jail.
    — Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Perhaps that might explain why there was almost (almost) a smile etched across her face.
    — Daniel Rodgers, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Many people are killed, and the heroes are almost like superheroes.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Dec. 2023
  • By almost three to one, voters think only Trump — and not Mr. Biden — is physically healthy enough for the job, although the two are just a few years apart.
    — Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Nettie was the same type of lesson, almost in a spiritual way.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The lounge rocker folds almost flat and opens as easily as any other folding chair.
    — Matthew Parker, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2023
  • One thing that went almost unreported amidst Biden and Xi's summit is that Xi tripled down on his threats to Taiwan.
    — CBS News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • This wasn’t a small matter, this almost led to the criminalization of music.
    — Bob Guccione Jr, Spin, 20 Sep. 2023
  • It could be said of almost every defendant charged that his plight is his own fault in that his bad behavior triggered the process.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 30 Dec. 2023
  • An uphill climb For decades, the women’s game succeeded almost in spite of itself.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
  • The Sox farm system, was viewed almost universally as no better than a bottom-five crop, and, in the eyes of some, the worst in baseball when Bloom arrived in 2019.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
  • After almost a year of searching, Gladys‘s family asked her to come back to Huslia.
    — Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • In fact, almost 60 percent of U.S. consumers plan to take a trip within their state, while 18 percent will travel outside of the country.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The first obstacle: getting access, which took almost a year.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'almost.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: