CLOSE in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for CLOSE, such as:
1. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon.
2. One woman, close to hysteria, grabbed my arm.
3. Your comments will receive our close attention.
4. Mr. Sloane murmured something close to her ear.
5. A close analogy with the art of singing can be made.
2. One woman, close to hysteria, grabbed my arm.
3. Your comments will receive our close attention.
4. Mr. Sloane murmured something close to her ear.
5. A close analogy with the art of singing can be made.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of CLOSE
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close
a. (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
v. come to a close
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 But my toils now drew near a close, and in two months from this time I reached the environs of Geneva.
2 Our circle will be small but bound close by the ties of affection and mutual misfortune.
3 He sprang from the cabin window as he said this, upon the ice raft which lay close to the vessel.
4 It started because she passed so close to some workmen that our fender flicked a button on one man's coat.
5 It had seemed as close as a star to the moon.
6 Mr. Sloane murmured something close to her ear.
7 She walked close to Gatsby, touching his coat with her hand.
8 But Wilson stood there a long time, his face close to the window pane, nodding into the twilight.
9 He was reluctant to close the book, reading each item aloud and then looking eagerly at me.
10 He had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it.
11 But the day did not close so auspiciously as it began.
12 I trembled with rage and horror, resolving to wait his approach and then close with him in mortal combat.
13 I didn't see you, but I must have been pretty close behind you.
14 The time so melted away, that our early dinner-hour drew close at hand, and Estella left us to prepare herself.
15 She drew an arm round my neck, and drew my head close down to hers as she sat in the chair.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 In African languages there is a close corre-spondence between sounds and letters.
2 After the pubs close, gangs of youths roam the city streets.
3 My brother's wife and I both had babies around the same time, so the cousins are very close in age.
4 They were so close together that I don't know how it was able to scrape through.
5 With close friends in their lives,people develop courage and positive attitudes.
6 Stay close together-I don't want anyone to get lost.
7 When you see famous people at close quarters, they always appear much smaller than you imagined them.
8 One woman, close to hysteria, grabbed my arm.
9 He needed an operation to close a nasty gash in his arm.
10 A close analogy with the art of singing can be made.
11 We ask the public to have their dogs neutered and keep them under close supervision.
12 Your comments will receive our close attention.
13 A close associate of the author denied reports that she had cancer.
14 It outraged the public that the local authority decided to close the road.
15 We didn't climb to the very top of the mountain, but close enough.