nowhere near

Idioms and Phrases

see under not anything like .

Example Sentences

She had been nowhere near West Africa, nor had she been in contact with anyone who had been.

From The Daily Beast

While the flavor is nowhere near as popular as the original, 10 percent of the one million cases of Zima sold each year are pink.

From The Daily Beast

Leonard was nowhere near the best-seller list, but each book was selling a little more than the one before.

From The Daily Beast

As far as distance is concerned, this particular solar event came nowhere near Earth.

From The Daily Beast

Turns out that storm was nowhere near us, and similar storms have happened before.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

There were other officers within call, a dozen of them, who had done nowhere near the amount of field service performed by Dean.

From Project Gutenberg

The impact point computed by the Oregon station was nowhere near South Dakota.

From Project Gutenberg

They were hurled against the crags, and came nowhere near the vessel.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg