Nearest means superlative form of near: most near. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like closest.
Nearest in a sentence
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Nearest meaning
superlative form of near: most near
Synonyms of Nearest
Example sentences (20)
Anyone who may have located any of the medication is asked to take it to their nearest pharmacy or police station.
My old home town (Kenosha, WI) has a population just under 100,000 and is only 45 minutes from the nearest big city.
Currently, the nearest shopping centre is in Thornton, about 3.5 kilometres from the site set for Chisholm Plaza.
One memory I have of my mother, although confirmed as a Lutheran, sent my older brother and me to the nearest church.
Hansen-Løve’s run of semi-autobiographical work is the nearest thing modern cinema has to a great ongoing novel.
It said the nearest post offices to the closing Natwest branch are at 225 Hinckley Road and 248 Narborough Road.
Free shipping is included with your purchase, and in-store pickup is available at your nearest Best Buy for most areas.
Once you’ve done this, you’ll receive a booking code which you’ll need to take to your nearest shop, retailer or agent.
His 28.2% ball hawk rate led the NFL, with 11 pass breakups and six interceptions on 39 targets as the nearest defender.
I wonder what the deer thinks of us – four humans huddled on a remote cliff top, miles from the nearest building or road.
Carl was taken to the nearest hospital in Cheshire and transferred to Wrexham Maelor Hospital’s stroke ward.
His ultimate attack, Heartstopper, causes his sniper rifle to snap to the nearest vampire's head while aiming down sights.
She then walked two and a half blocks north to cross at the nearest signaled crosswalk at Ashley River Road.
Patients will still be able to choose to have their surgery at their nearest general hospital if they wish.
And we're told what's usually a ten-minute walk to the nearest store - is taking some more than 40 minutes due to deep snow.
He was sitting in the Titan’s hull, docked in the Port of St. John’s, the nearest port to the site where he eventually died.
Persons and children can report child abuse by calling the 24/7 hotline 211 or the nearest police station.
Sami Zayn, the scrappy underdog, fought valiantly and took the crowd on a journey for multiple nearest of near fall moments.
Santos was brought to the nearest hospital but was declared “dead on arrival” by the attending physician.
Late morning is the perfect time to bring your nearest and dearest together, it’s not a time people tend to make proper plans.
Common combinations with nearest
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the nearest 129×
- your nearest 19×
- their nearest 18×
- nearest hospital 10×
- nearest and 8×
- nearest store 8×
- his nearest 8×
- nearest police 8×
- nearest the 6×
- our nearest 5×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word nearest. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.