Thus does a near brush with death heighten one's appreciation of the humbler things of life.

But it was her own near brush with committing the crime of xenocide that has had the greater effect on her moral reasoning.

But then what kind of survival show would it be without a near brush with death?

After a near brush with defeat, the final skull is at last put in its resting place, and the energy of the raging ghosts disappears.

It seemed as if the near brush with death had lightened B'Elanna's outlook on life a little this morning.

When everything checked out okay, he stood up, feeling only a little bit sore from his near brush with death.

He'd counseled enough husks of formerly good physicians to know, and had been through his own near brush with the flame.

It hadn't absorbed all of the impact, though, and he would have a bruise to show for his near brush with death.

Brenda Kay, meanwhile, has a couple of near brushes with death.

Of course, the near brush with the record has some investors worried.