Flowers narrowly missed out on playing in the final itself.

She narrowly missed out on the final in the live shows, coming 3rd.

Two years later in 1962 he narrowly missed out on a senior county title.

He narrowly missed out on victory for the second consecutive week.

They narrowly missed out on progression to the next round.

He narrowly missed out on the landmark in 1929, making 992 runs that year.

Each season they pushed hard for promotion but missed out narrowly.

Narrowly missing out on a medal at the 2000 Games.

The British team narrowly missed out on a medal and finished 4th.

The team narrowly missed out on winning its division in 1980-81 by a single point.