How to Use close to in a Sentence

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  • Fans are close to the action, have fun and the price is right.
    Jim Varsallone, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Push your feet through the floor and pull the weight up, keeping the bar close to your body.
    Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 15 June 2023
  • This is close to the approach that the CDC used before 2003.
    Lyman R. Stone, National Review, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Getting close to the actual price was the name of the game.
    Christopher Watson, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Great for all those dress codes that aren't black tie, but close to.
    Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Cut as close to the base of the leaf without disrupting the roots.
    Karla Marie Sanford, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
  • The runtime is just over three hours on low and close to two hours on high.
    Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2024
  • Your plants are much too close to the building and each other to grow well.
    oregonlive, 16 Apr. 2023
  • In March 2023, whale watchers saw one close to shore near Pt.
    Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
  • The footage shows someone pulling a gun close to Atiq Ahmad’s head.
    Biswajeet Banerjee, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2023
  • On Saturday the high will be close to 91 degrees and the low will be near 58.
    Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2023
  • All but one of the Golden Eagles' field goals came from close to the basket.
    Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Base layers should fit close to the body, but not overly tight.
    Marisa Petrarca, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2024
  • For close to two decades, she's made a mark as a standout host and reporter for NPR.
    James Brown, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Those of us who are close to them couldn’t be happier for her.
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
  • These days, Richie's all about sharing what she's learned about what works — and what doesn't — with those close to her.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Her body was found close to his relative’s house in Gary.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2023
  • Buttigieg said the White House was close to naming a new nominee.
    Reuters, NBC News, 21 July 2023
  • The world is awash in rice with global stockpiles at close to record levels.
    Napat Kongsawad, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023
  • Over the past year, value in Tesla's stock has fallen close to 50%.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Kay is close to Matthew and his family Despite the ups and downs over the years, Kay and her son share a very close bond.
    Audrey Schmidt, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024
  • His five Pro Bowls (compared to seven) and two first-team All-Pros (compared to three) are close to the mean.
    Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The key is aiming to get a price that's as close to the current spot price as possible, Kristof said.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Kaplan warned that Trump was close to crossing a line; Tacopina promised to ask his client to stop posting about the case.
    Shayna Jacobs, Kim Bellware and Mark Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The issue hit close to home for Lisa as her own brother Mark died by suicide in April 2018.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Harvest the new green shoots with scissors by cutting close to the soil level.
    Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 July 2024
  • The vacuum missed some spots while cleaning close to the edge of a low piece of furniture.
    Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
  • The waves, some of them chest high, were breaking uncomfortably close to shore.
    Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The group’s other two wins on the streaming-only roster have both come very close to returning AC/DC to the throne.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Severe: Visual symptoms affect both hemifields or start to affect areas close to the point of fixation in one of the hemifields.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 3 Oct. 2024

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