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!
• But putting it in the No. 1 slot for the year isn’t a close call.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2019
• Some of those close calls (the train episode!) and slow-building conflicts were almost too hard to take.
  — Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2019
• There had been so many close calls, so many times when Hugo and Jamie thought, This could be the day.
  — David Wolman, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2020
• But these close calls will occur more often in the future as Earth orbit gets more and more crowded.
  — Mike Wall, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2020
• Historical markers across the country trace the gang's famous heists and close calls with the law.
  — Nate Rau, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024
• Throughout the series, Seaburn had a couple of close calls into getting his real identity revealed.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 15 Jan. 2020
• Through three consecutive losing seasons, the Huskies have had many close calls, but few quality victories.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 17 Nov. 2019
• Hurley was animated, pumping his fist when the Sun Devils made a great play and arguing with the referees when a close call went against his team.
  — Michelle Gardner, azcentral, 18 Jan. 2020
• Cooley has long used controlled flame to produce his artwork, but even a close call with personal immolation wasn’t enough to extinguish his interest in the subject.
  — Wired, 31 Oct. 2019
• The case of Debra Colliander suggests another close call for another woman.
  — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2020
• For 2013 Florida State the close call didn’t come until the national championship game against Auburn.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2019
• And one pro surfer's very close call with a great white shark.
  — NBC News, 8 Oct. 2020
• Only then did Appling go back and look at the footage of the close call.
  — oregonlive, 29 Dec. 2021
• Second place was a close call at No. 34, but Mack gets the nod over Michaels.
  — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 9 June 2020
• 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
• For a year, that ring stayed on my finger despite some close calls.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 18 May 2020
• 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
• Economists say the forecasts for whether the U.K. central bank will either reduce or hold rates are a close call.
  — Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 31 July 2024

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024