How to Use to the nearest in a Sentence

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• To refill the Hew Dewy, untwist the top and bring the bottom piece to the nearest sink.
  — Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2023
• The two caregivers grabbed the injured woman, fled to the nearest bathroom and locked the door.
  — Sahana Jayaraman, AZCentral.com, 27 June 2023
• Since the station can’t move, there’s no hope of getting to the nearest planet that takes in refugees.
  — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 10 May 2024
• The winter sky was already dark, but the teen stormed to the nearest sheriff’s station about a mile away.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
• The winter sky was already dark, but the teen stormed to the nearest sheriff’s station about a mile away.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 15 May 2024
• That trip includes a roughly 20-minute walk to the nearest bus station.
  — Marin Wolf, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
• Instead of eating indoors, take your lunch to the nearest park or the waterfront and enjoy the fresh air—and the views.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2023
• Simply head to the nearest military base and find the motor pool.
  — Aaron Kiley, Car and Driver, 9 Sep. 2023
• Finally, pack up and head to the nearest mechanic to change your spare for a longer-term tire.
  — Lauren Farrell, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
• No one knows the actual death toll—not even to the nearest hundred thousand.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2023
• Take a photo and make arrangements with the DNR to transport the carp to the nearest fisheries office.
  — John Myers, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2024
• What follows is the inevitable mad dash to the nearest store where you’re confronted with a wall of bottles.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 5 Dec. 2023
• Swiftly, yet quietly, make your way to the nearest shore.
  — Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 30 Nov. 2023
• Each layer is fired in a kiln timed to the nearest second with the details of the dragon taking shape with each firing.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 27 Nov. 2023
• Having to make a run to the nearest Target, Barnes & Noble, or bookstore for a new book every two days.
  — Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
• The pay data provided was rounded to the nearest $1,000.
  — Annie Jennemann, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2024
• Most people, when asked to fill out a form, round off unwieldy numbers to the nearest hundred or thousand.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
• Each layer is fired in a kiln, with the firing time precisely defined to the nearest second.
  — Carol Besler, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• The inspector was able to run to the nearest surviving span before the bridge collapsed and survived.
  — Emily Le Coz, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
• Estimates are shown to the nearest dollar; rows or columns may not sum due to rounding.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
• Natalia said that to get medication, her mother needed to take a taxi to the nearest city.
  — USA Today, 31 May 2023
• While the deep winters can be gray and a walk to the nearest dry cleaner is impossible, living upstate brings me more joy than the city has in decades.
  — Gary Shteyngart, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2023
• Sometimes a lack of capacity is reflected in long waits at the polls, but other times the problem is the distance to the nearest polling place.
  — Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
• Picture housing above retail shops, sidewalks designed for leisure and dining, and a short walk — not a drive — to the nearest grocery store.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
• The area lacked a primary care clinic for over a decade, and many patients would drive an hour or more to the nearest hospital before the clinic opened in 2019.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 31 May 2024
• The kibbutz residents, familiar with this aspect of life on the border, rush to the nearest bomb shelter.
  — Yahav Winner, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2023
• And with a cordless design, it's not restricted to the nearest power outlet.
  — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024
• The bodies of those presumed dead remain onboard the ship and are now being transferred to the nearest port, according to de Vega.
  — Scott McLean, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
• Rushed to the nearest field hospital, Andriy fell into a coma.
  — Guy Davies, ABC News, 24 July 2023
• Round Up allows customers to round up any purchase to the nearest dollar with the difference benefitting the school of their choice.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 17 July 2023

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024