well-nigh
Example Sentences
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But fully turning the clock back will be well-nigh impossible.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
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
The Endurance video is well-nigh Spielbergian, almost too wondrous, too exquisitely “art directed,” to be believed.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2022
As owner and hostess, she became an influential figure, then a well-nigh unstoppable one.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 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
