well-nigh
Example Sentences
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It may be well-nigh impossible to call yourself a Gen Xer without recognizing a chorus or two from, say, Poison’s greatest hits, but that was not by choice.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025
Unauthorized ADUs proliferated in large part because many California cities made it well-nigh impossible to get permits for them.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023
On the plus side, it is now well-nigh impossible to get away with homicide in Scotland thanks to major investigation teams whose expertise is dispatched wherever required.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2023
The Endurance video is well-nigh Spielbergian, almost too wondrous, too exquisitely “art directed,” to be believed.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
The soil of a large proportion of the land planted to tobacco has been subjected to “cumulative and well-nigh permanent poisoning,” according to Dr. Satterlee.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
