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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
Example sentences (20)
He said, “The fact that the APC narrowly lost Lagos State to another party should not be the reason for violence.
Running at just 53 minutes, it’s a slight and narrowly focused film; I suspect some will find it too self-absorbed.
Additional support for canola came from increases in European rapeseed, while Malaysian palm oil was narrowly mixed.
Hopper added: "It was a great ball by Chils; I probably got too good a connection on it and it narrowly went wide.
Alexander Thomas Wilson, 32, narrowly avoided an immediate prison term after admitting causing unnecessary suffering.
Deeming their season to be a failure would be harsh, though, especially as they missed out on their goal so narrowly.
A Sydney family is recovering from the the fright of their lives after a flash of lightning narrowly missed their home.
England were narrowly beaten by South Africa in their Rugby World Cup semi-final thanks to a last-gasp penalty.
Rodvelt took a play right from the Raiders of the Lost Ark where Indy narrowly escaped death from a giant rolling ball.
Grant Forrest narrowly missed out on one of three Open Championship places, with a bogey at his 18th hole proving costly.
Marren saw a chance go narrowly wide of the posts and moments later Shine put his side in front with his first from play.
Kate soared up the rankings by 30 and 12 places respectively, narrowly missing out on finals in both events.
One week the Commanders are narrowly losing to the Eagles, the next they’re getting blown out by the Bears.
Five men jumped out of the car and ran across the opposite carriageway, narrowly dodging traffic, with two managing to flee.
If anyone is gonna be lucky when it comes to narrowly escaping death while on their adventures, it’s gonna be a Sagittarius.
Cries of 'catch' from Jonny Bairstow, but Head's rather wild slash towards midwicket goes narrowly wide of 12th man Mark Wood.
In South Carolina, lawyers representing the state Legislature have argued the right to privacy should be interpreted narrowly.
Instead, the bombardier narrowly misses—and strikes the delicate gunner’s sight, situated just inches from the gunner’s hatch.
A further opportunity came through Adam Dawson, who fired narrowly high from a close-range free-kick.
Is it a widespread impact, or is it narrowly focused on some of these ones that you’re talking about?
Phrases with narrowly
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with narrowly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- narrowly missed 22×
- narrowly escaped 14×
- narrowly avoided 12×
- narrowly missing 11×
- narrowly defeated 9×
- and narrowly 9×
- was narrowly 8×
- narrowly wide 8×
- were narrowly 6×
- he narrowly 6×
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