How do you use Close in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like near or tight, plus the exact meaning.
Close in a sentence
Related words
Close meaning
- To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
- To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
Synonyms of Close
Close in Dutch
Example sentences (20)
In close proximity to Addenbrookes Hospital, Queen Ediths Way has many amenities and is also close to green spaces.
Alcoa stock has declined by close to 10% over the last month and remains down by close to 24% over the past year.
Lacerda lands punches in close, but Vergara circles away and lands a couple of punches of his own to close the round.
Close all Safari tabs: Close all open tabs at once by holding the overlapped squares in the bottom right-hand corner.
Close your rings one day, close them again the next, and repeat this process over, and over, and over, and over again.
Older chimps preferred sitting close to those who preferred sitting close to them – categorised as mutual friendships.
In order: Leona Maguire, Ally Ewing, Charley Hull and Nelly Korda go close with birdie putts on 11. Close but no cigar.
Kardashian is especially close to Dream because of the little one’s close relationship with her daughter, True.
In the first, second and fourth sets, Marshall tried to close the gap late, but Alexandria managed to close out the sets.
Diseases spread faster among people in close quarters, a factor that often drives decisions to close schools.
Luke's strength comes from being in close range, with most of his combos dealing their damage from in close.
Luton never gave up and went close to an equaliser in stoppage time, but captain Tom Lockyer headed wide from close range.
Mass infections have forced some schools to close entirely or close some classes even after infections peaked in February.
Pay close attention to your friends and people close to you, especially those who have clear goals to reach.
On how close he came to making a deal with AEW: “I don’t think I was ever close to making a deal with him.
The AA said the incident was ongoing from 9am, causing the B480 to close both ways from Willow Close to the Benson turn off.
Police also swooped on a bus stops close to Sainsbury's on Middleton Road close to Heaton Park where they arrested a suspect.
A close look at Ford’s record shows Guilbeault’s remark is one of those cases where hyperbole comes pretty close to the truth.
Jax and Carly are genuinely close friends – a little too close for Nina Reeves’ (Cynthia Watros) taste!
Close-up magic is usually designed for an audience of this size, and certainly those viewers are privileged in sitting so close.
Phrases with close
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with close
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- close to 113×
- to close 43×
- will close 17×
- is close 15×
- close at 15×
- very close 14×
- in close 12×
- close and 10×
- close as 10×
- are close 10×
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