How to Use close call in a Sentence

close call

noun

• We nearly didn't get out of the burning building. It was a pretty close call, let me tell you!
• More than a decade later, Nicholas Irving stills can’t shake his close call with death.
  — Fox News, 20 Feb. 2021
• Its recent close call suggests the time is ripe for a positive reassessment.
  — Harold Holzer, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2021
• But either way, are the Stars motivated by the close call or hungover from the playoff run?
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 1 Jan. 2021
• In any close call, there’s often a very fine line between every critter involved walking away safely, and you getting mauled, stomped, or killed.
  — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 22 Feb. 2021
• The close call left Trask and the Gators disappointed, if not devastated.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Dec. 2020
• But the dangerously close call — witnessed by the sport’s biggest names — sent a ripple through the local community.
  — New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
• Policymakers voted 5-4 in favor of the reduction, in what had been widely viewed as a close call.
  — Karen Gilchrist,ruxandra Iordache,jenni Reid,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2024
• The only other close call was Irving sneaking in ahead of James Harden, his Nets teammate.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2021
• It’s not even a close call. Jack Greiner is managing partner of Graydon law firm in Cincinnati.
  — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 25 Nov. 2020
• Two days after his 20th birthday, Tanner survived a close call in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
  — Nataly Keomoungkhoun, Dallas News, 30 Dec. 2020
• Two kayakers in the waters off a beach in California had a very close call with a humpback whale that breached and knocked them into the water on Monday.
  — Fox News, 3 Nov. 2020
• Only then did Appling go back and look at the footage of the close call.
  — oregonlive, 29 Dec. 2021
• That was going to be the Bulldogs’ one close call, right?
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Apr. 2021
• The Tigers had a close call at Florida State but left with a 34-28 win.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 22 Oct. 2022
• But if there's a close call, restraint is the better course.
  — Jeffrey Toobin, CNN, 16 Aug. 2021
• After the close call, the man released the turtle back into the wild.
  — Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 2 July 2024
• The Rangers’ 3-1 lead stood until the ninth, when the Dodgers fell just short of a last-gasp comeback on Pages’ close call at the plate.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
• There’s gunplay, a few close calls, some hot stunts, blah, blah, blah.
  — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Mack had his first close calls in the air during the European leg.
  — Paul Glenshaw, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2024
• The 49ers are the top seed in the NFC but survived a pair of close calls in their playoff victories.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2024
• The Austin, Texas, airport was the site of an extremely close call last month.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2023
• There was the close call caused by the fatigued controller, which occurred in April.
  — Sydney Ember, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
• The fact that the process was supported by 76 votes suggests the final vote will be a close call.
  — Matthew Bristow, Bloomberg.com, 28 Mar. 2022
• The incident was one of two close calls at Logan in just one week.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
• But the close call cost Ford much of the aura of his incumbency.
  — Ron Elving, NPR, 3 Mar. 2024
• The recording was taped over when the crew took off for London shortly after the close call.
  — David Koenig, ajc, 11 Feb. 2023
• The midway pick: Donovan, in a very close call over Jenkins.
  — oregonlive, 11 Jan. 2022
• But after his close call, Millermon is thankful just to be around to help pick up the pieces.
  — al, 27 May 2021
• Analysts say that the result may be a close call for the long-term leader.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 13 Sep 2024