For the first time since Kirk had known her, she seemed near tears.

Inside there was no air stirring, and the sky seemed near their heads.

The sound seemed near the door, then away from it.

It is the loveliest climate in the world, our political troubles seem near an end.

There seemed to be some movement to his left, near a half-burned Joshua tree.

She could see the bell inside the tower, but no one seemed near it.

The boy seemed near the end of a prolonged wither.

Back in the day, the system seemed near collapse.

Several times he seemed near daylight, only to be set back by some unforeseen obstacle.

Pressure that would make the bottoms of our seas seem near vacuum conditions.