Explore Narrowly through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like broadly. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Narrowly in a sentence
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Narrowly meaning
- In a narrow manner; without flexibility or latitude.
- Closely; by a narrow margin.
Synonyms of Narrowly
Using Narrowly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a narrow manner; without flexibility or latitude. | Closely; by a narrow margin.
- Useful related words include: broadly.
- In the example corpus, narrowly often appears in combinations such as: narrowly missed, narrowly escaped, narrowly avoided.
Context around Narrowly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Narrowly
- In this selection, "narrowly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gone, fired, land, avoided, escaped and missed stand out and add context to how "narrowly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and he narrowly avoided spending, and it narrowly went over and narrowly escaped. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "narrowly" sits close to words such as disasters, euros and tuition, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with narrowly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Trump goes from narrowly trailing DeSantis to narrowly leading him. (10 words)
Alexander Thomas Wilson, 32, narrowly avoided an immediate prison term after admitting causing unnecessary suffering. (15 words)
Additional support for canola came from increases in European rapeseed, while Malaysian palm oil was narrowly mixed. (17 words)
At the big event tonight Mae Muller is representing the UK, with her track ‘I Wrote A Song’ and there are high hopes for her to take home the top prize this year after the UK narrowly missed out on the top spot in 2022. (45 words)
Approaching a T-junction, she’s going too fast to stop and zooms over yet another kerb, onto a wide patch of grass land, narrowly missing a road sign before smashing into what looks like a street light, sending the pole half-flying. (43 words)
A bid by mayor Jules Radich to obtain more information in just a week about options to incorporate "flexibility" into the remainder of a revamp of the city's main shopping street was narrowly voted down at a meeting today. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Trump goes from narrowly trailing DeSantis to narrowly leading him.
Warren County, like Iowa itself, was in recent memory fairly split politically - having gone narrowly for Democrat Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, then narrowly against him in 2012.
A bid by mayor Jules Radich to obtain more information in just a week about options to incorporate "flexibility" into the remainder of a revamp of the city's main shopping street was narrowly voted down at a meeting today.
Additional support for canola came from increases in European rapeseed, while Malaysian palm oil was narrowly mixed.
A driver who narrowly avoided hitting protective cones at the scene of a crash and made an obscene gesture at police has been sentenced.
AFC Fylde were narrowly defeated 2-1 at home by Eastleigh on Saturday in the National League.
A further opportunity came through Adam Dawson, who fired narrowly high from a close-range free-kick.
A high society thief from a prominent family has narrowly avoided jail after being caught red-handing stealing luxury face creams and designer clothing from a Westfield shopping centre.
Alexander Thomas Wilson, 32, narrowly avoided an immediate prison term after admitting causing unnecessary suffering.
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An Angus brute whose drunken attack left his partner with a mouth full of blood, a broken nose and lasting breathing issues has narrowly avoided imprisonment.
And he narrowly avoided spending his first night behind bars after Mr Janke successfully fought off a prosecution detention application.
Andreas Pereira’s whipped corner found the head of Kenny Tete but the full-back failed to keep his effort on target and it narrowly went over Thomas Kaminski’s crossbar.
A Penrith man with 25 years of alcohol-fuelled offending has narrowly escaped going to jail after assaulting and threatening an Illawarra woman.
Approaching a T-junction, she’s going too fast to stop and zooms over yet another kerb, onto a wide patch of grass land, narrowly missing a road sign before smashing into what looks like a street light, sending the pole half-flying.
Ariel Ein-Gal, who narrowly escaped the Hamas attack in Israel, speaks about his experience near the site of Paul Kessler’s death a week ago in Thousand Oaks, CA.
A Sydney family is recovering from the the fright of their lives after a flash of lightning narrowly missed their home.
At the big event tonight Mae Muller is representing the UK, with her track ‘I Wrote A Song’ and there are high hopes for her to take home the top prize this year after the UK narrowly missed out on the top spot in 2022.
Back home, not only will he look to be a captain once again with the goal of playing into his mid-30s, but reach the ultimate highs that narrowly evaded him in Colorado.
Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress came in a sparse House chamber that was at the time controlled entirely if narrowly by Democrats, with attendance limited because of the pandemic and with memories of the Jan.
Phrases with narrowly
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Common combinations with narrowly
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