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Example sentences for: close

How can you use “close” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Alas, such close encounters have not generally been friendly.
Tucson’s proximity to Mexico, especially Sonora, permitted Tucsonenses to remain close to their Mexican heritage.
Funniest nugget: One of those close to Clinton refers to her in private as "the Martian."
The LAT uses its later close time to file a front-pager on the Republican candidates' debate last night in Arizona.
Among co-conserved word pairs, those pairs that were closely spaced than expected were still about 2 to 12 times more likely to be significantly associated with gene expression changes, compared to word pairs that were not found to have significantly close spacing.