Almost
Almost adjective - Being such only when compared to something else.
Both words in one sentence
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Heterosexual Life-Partners: Several examples — Maki and Tomoka are very close and almost always hang out together when Fukama is not around.
Source: Manga / W-Change!! - It gets additionally teased right as it's being sunk—she dies, and he's utterly devastated, cradling her body close and almost in tears.
Source: Ship Tease / Video Games - Willow dressed up as Joan of Arc, because of their similarities, like the time she was almost burned at the stake for being a witch, or her close relationship with God.
Source: Answers to the Name of God
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