"Almost as it were"

1. Alma 2: 27
   27 And behold, as they were crossing the river Sidon, the Lamanites and the Amlicites, being as ^anumerous almost, as it were, as the sands of the sea, came upon them to destroy them.
2. Alma 26: 20
   20 Oh, my soul, almost as it were, fleeth at the thought. Behold, he did not exercise his justice upon us, but in his great mercy hath brought us over that everlasting ^agulf of death and misery, even to the salvation of our souls.
3. Morm. 1: 7
   7 The whole face of the land had become covered with buildings, and the people were as numerous almost, as it were the sand of the sea.