nowhere near


see under not anything like.

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How to use nowhere near in a sentence

  • So far as Jessie could judge, the carriage had stopped nowhere near the Queen of Asturia's headquarters.

    The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. White
  • There were other officers within call, a dozen of them, who had done nowhere near the amount of field service performed by Dean.

    Warrior Gap | Charles King
  • The impact point computed by the Oregon station was nowhere near South Dakota.

    Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • They were hurled against the crags, and came nowhere near the vessel.

  • The shells are nowhere near it, and it is hard to keep it in sight.

    'Green Balls' | Paul Bewsher