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Examples of nigh in a Sentence
Angelique Jackson, Variety, 3 Feb. 2023
Deadly nigh in Seoul:At least 149 dead in South Korea after crowd surge during Halloween festivities, officials say Gieske was studying abroad this semester through UK's study abroad program, Capiluto said.
—Caleb Stultz, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2022
Unfortunately, Divine is no longer around to star in Liarmouth, but someone call Ricki Lake — the time for a return to the Waters-ain is nigh.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2022
Back to George Will — who for 50 years has written well-nigh aphoristically.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 June 2021
The worst results were nigh unwatchable: See Obi-Wan Kenobi's deplorable CGI and The Rings of Power embarrassingly transforming Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) into an immortal sap.
—Kristen Baldwin and Darren Franich, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2022
The stock-market rally that started earlier this month with a soft U.S. inflation figure has started to fade, as recent statements by officials cast doubt on the idea that the end of aggressive monetary tightening is nigh.
—Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022
Griffin and teammate Grant Williams share a moment after a second-half basket Monday nigh at TD Garden.
—Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Nov. 2022
Action must be taken now, in the lame-duck session, to put an end to this, because the witching hour is nigh and the GOP will have strong incentives to try to tank the economy.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 21 Nov. 2022
Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2023
But adherents believe that day is nigh, and the tech could usher in an era where people can take back their online interactions from the big companies and keep things amongst themselves.
—WIRED, 5 Aug. 2023
The latest artificial-intelligence hype is powering a massive surge in the stock market on bets that a new era of innovation is nigh.
—Justina Lee, Fortune, 1 June 2023
Lawn Love, a marketplace for lawn care services, released the study as Oktoberfest celebrations are nigh.
—Dallas News, 21 Sep. 2022
Katie Gostic, an infectious-disease modeler at the University of Chicago, agrees that Delta doom is probably nigh.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2022
The nigh-unkillable guy in the William Shatner mask.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2021
Are there any Big Ten teams that could be swept up in the SEC’s nigh-unstoppable land grab?
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2021
On its Instagram, hypnotic video loops of cheese and consome sizzling on a flat-top grill showcase a nigh-pornographic attention to detail and stimulate the appetite.
—Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 22 Oct. 2020
Henry Flynn, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
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Word History
Adverb, Adjective, Preposition, and Verb
Middle English, from Old English nēah; akin to Old High German nāh, adverb, nigh, preposition, nigh, after, Old Norse nā- nigh
Adverb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adjective
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Preposition
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb
13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
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“Nigh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nigh. Accessed 22 Sep. 2023.
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