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Meanings of almost irresistible in English

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Usage of almost irresistible in English
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His voice was almost irresistible in the force of its parental summons.
Golden Stories / A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost...
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The craving for the narcotic at a stated time is almost irresistible.
Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoh...
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There was a simple sincerity in Severn's words which was almost irresistible.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867 / A Magazin...
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There was an imperiousness in the lawyer's tone which was almost irresistible.
Cousin Henry
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Yet it is a movement that sweeps on with almost irresistible force.
The Psychology of Nations / A Contribution to the Philosophy of ...
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This well-publicized progress provided another, almost irresistible reason for completing the task.
Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965
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Poor Alf and Benjy felt an almost irresistible desire to join him.
The Giant of the North: Pokings Round the Pole
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The preservation of ambiguity has almost irresistible appeal in our line of work.
The Kingmaker
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Irony is therefore the safest, and almost irresistible default option here.
The Guardian
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The impulse to return to the perusal of the manuscript was almost irresistible.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 / A Mag...
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This almost irresistible tendency to sleep is common in cold countries.
The Cannibal Islands: Captain Cook's Adventure in the South Seas
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That I do, quoth Panurge, in a hugely strong and almost irresistible measure.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3
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She felt an almost irresistible force urging her toward the kaldane.
The Chessmen of Mars
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She was struggling to repress the almost irresistible smile that tickled her lips.
Hearts and Masks
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It is almost irresistible, to place it on her belly and walk away.
Wolf hall
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The temptation to reach out to her Warren was almost irresistible.
Stonewielder
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