How To Use Close to In A Sentence

Only a few people close to me have had anything happen. Everyday Violence
Some spring from immediately below the earth, and may more properly be termed suckers; the others grow on the visible part of the stem or caudex, often close to the oldest leaves; these should be cut off with a sharp knife, in early summer, and if they have a little of the parent bark attached to them all the better. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.
Going upmarket, I can go into Dear Soup except on busy days, as the tables are a bit close together and sitting beside a slurper is an ever-present danger. A table for one | 世論 What Japan Thinks
The reefs close to shore are alive with pollack, and conger eels when the boat is anchored and during the summer months there are lots of the sleek and fast running blue sharks around.
The authors of the second paper admit that â€œother variables … influence the binding avidity (preference), such as type of SA (sialic acid of the receptor site) and glycosylation and sialylation of the hemagglutinin close to the receptor binding site. â€ These factors all vary obviously and there are other variables in the equation as well including the status of specific areas of the immune system. Think Progress » An Inconvenient Truth and An Intolerable Summer

They were close to a little village which the English called Agincourt, and, though that is not quite its right name, it is what we have called the battle ever since. Young Folks' History of England
Nancy and Andy bring in Stevie for an emergency pediatrician visit on "Weeds" (Showtime at 10), only to turn on the television in the waiting room and learn that the feds are a little too close to catching their family. TV highlights: Monday, Oct.18, 2010
So there is mounting concern at the top of government about how close to meltdown the prison system is. The Sun
However, I took the risk of putting a hand close to a yowling muzzle and was greeted with a cold nose and a non-committal snuffle before the full-on baying started again.
Close to the mangroves a big hawksbill turtle surfaced then lay motionless in the sunshine, no doubt sunbathing.
A family law barrister close to the Crikey crew advises that many men attempt to talk down their earning capacity when they are negotiating settlements with former wives.
Most often, this implies a life on city streets begging, panhandling, petty theft, and using charity and soup kitchens close to the drug source.
He seemed nervous and twitchy as he came up close to Cleo, and rested a hand on the toe of her boot.
Opinion polls suggest the outcome is too close to call. Times, Sunday Times
My philosophy of life is to stick close to the golden mean.
By coming so close to earth, the gravitational field will alter its trajectory ever so slightly.
At Laufen (Oflag VII-C) and later at Eichstätt (Oflag VII-B—close to the limestone quarry where the first archaeopteryx remains had been found), he watched birds that came through the camp wire to breed. A Year on the Wing
Mr Vermes, who was close to that research effort, finds good reason to criticise it for slowness and carelessness—but no ground to assert a conspiracy.
Since the takeover bid started the loss on any given day has varied from close to €1 to €1.30.
I shrank inside and out from the fog and what it held-so alien to my flesh and spirit that to come even this close to it was befoulment beyond the finding of words. Year of the Unicorn
His dark hair lay cropped close to his head like a monk's tonsure and his small black eyes sat deep within their sockets like tiny pieces of coal buried in a lump of snow.
While you can get pretty close to walruses here, within 30 feet in some cases, you're not allowed to be on the beaches, so conversations are kept to a minimum and there's a rush to get up.
Are you talking about multiaxial loading close to the axial fatigue limit? or the multiaxial fatigue limit itself? pragtic on Wed, 2010-03-17 12: 17. IMechanica - Comments
Flight Through the Ages, which opened with a picture of Icarus and his wax wings, melting when he flew too close to the sun. ANASTASIA KRUPNIK (3-IN-1)
The only relief from this cold is that some of the trees in conifer forests seem to grow so close together that they encourage a microclimate, which usually has less extreme temperatures.
Neither man has even come close to achieving what they set out to achieve - helping their party recover from its crash towards obliteration.
What has really struck me is the amazing contrast between events far away and events close to home.
Early in the morning I listened to a cirl-bunting singing merrily from a bush close to the George and Afoot in England
She kicked the covers to the foot of the bed, swapped her pillow for another, and nestled as close to the wall as she could.
Leopards are not the only mammals in which daughters live close to their mothers.
On myself, I use small monofilament fishing line and slip a half-hitch up close to the skin. What is the best way to remove a tick?
There might be a temptation to cheat if students sit too close together.
In Dorset, archaeologists are appealing for funds to record a Roman villa with mosaics, close to the site of the unique Hinton St Mary Christian mosaic.
The competitors were close together at the finish.
She was denounced in media outlets close to the government as a "negationist" of the genocide. BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
The line on which we now found ourselves was in general close to, but still below, the crest of the ridge at nearly all points. Times, Sunday Times
French authorities also confirmed that there was a vehicle containing around 100kg (220lb) of phenol - also known as carbolic acid - close to the site on fire. The Guardian World News
He was close to MacDonald and trusted him to respect the constitution.
Good friends are like bras;snug,supportive and always close to the heart!
Detmar is the sort of chap who would once have been described as a milksop; when Issie met him in 1988 he was 25, but so close to his mother he used to shop for her sanitary towels. Blow by Blow: The Story of Isabella Blow by Detmar Blow
A source close to the defense team said the no contest plea was a key element in plea bargain negotiations.
Holding the rod high whilst playing a fish is often a recipe for disaster, especially when the fish is close to the boat.
As she crossed the fields a shell exploded close to her, fracturing her legs and knocking her to the ground.
The vessel could be manoeuvred with its bow thrusters to bring the stern ramp very close to the two men to whom life belts and/or ropes were thrown.
Industrial chemistry was first recognized in 1931 (Bergius, Bosch), but many more recent prizes for basic contributions lie close to industrial applications, for example, those in polymer chemistry. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry
If they get too close to a buried cable, they get an audible warning. Times, Sunday Times
The overall death rate from cardiovascular disease was close to the national average, the standardised mortality ratio being 94.
Standing firm Only in recent years have Border Patrol agents perched themselves so close to the border.
The secant of this angle is 1.61806 which is remarkably close to the golden ratio 1.618034.
But here we are, close to the ditch, and I do not see my friend the pontooner. The Country Doctor
Properly called the carpal trochlea (or trochlea carpalis, if you prefer), this structure allows the hand to fold up tightly close to the ulna. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
The economy is precariously close to recession.
We came perilously close to a situation in which newspapers would have stopped carrying racecards.
With elbows close to the body and hips straight, lower your body until your upper arms and forearms form a right angle. Times, Sunday Times
This is one race in which betting is close to being an irrelevance. Times, Sunday Times
We were close to when it happened.
Max warned her she was sailing dangerously close to the wind and risked prosecution.
To them, we suggest trying a shade close to charcoal, in a soft fabric such as organza, voile or chiffon, and accessorising it with some striking white jewellery.
There was no one at the beamdown point, which was close to where the undetectable barrier kept the swamp from encroaching on the habitat, but there was a road nearby that took them to the village in less than half an hour's walk. The Beast That Resembles A Poem(A Handy Resource for Architects,Engineers, and Students)
She suggests wearing them as close to the hairline as possible for a chic look.
Minas knew everyone, having cadged dinners and so-called symposia out of most people who had a dining room or a courtyard that lay close to a good wine cellar. See Delphi and Die
Plastic Lunch boxes, food storage containers, etc, may melt if stacked close to the heating elements.
The even skin of the carvel hull enabled shipwrights to cut gunports close to the waterline.
PARIS Feb 6 Reuters - Yoplait was set to meet this week to discuss bids made for the 50-percent stake that private equity firm PAI Partners holds in the yogurt-maker, a source close to the matter said on Sunday. Reuters: Top News
Louis took the tired baby from her arms and tucked him into the carrycot that stood close to the bed.
And with the need to tie into existing building wiring, the system will have to be located close to the electrical feed into the building.
In theory, PLS is applied in situations of multicollinearity, but the MBH network has many series that are essentially white noise and thus the proxies are surprisingly close to being orthogonal in the early networks and there are blocks of orthogonal series in the later network. More on Bürger et al 2006 « Climate Audit
It hit a 12-month high of 6,835 on February 17 last, but once again it is hovering close to the 6,000 milestone.
Living close to the East Fortune Airfield, you hardly ever get through a day without seeing some kind of flying device in the sky, be it a microlight, heli-copter or, best of all, a jet.
As he got close to the woman, he could see only her face and her hair, and they were mottled with mud.
But, frankly, I'd rather point out that having Spitzer and Parker sit so close together and trade sly banter is just plain creepy. Parker Spitzer: no snap or crackle, and not pop
While my pickoff has been a valuable asset my entire professional career, only in the last season and a half have I come close to perfecting it, including ways to better set up what I call my "A" and "" A+ "moves. Baseball Prospectus
He was unable to pierce the field and his method of blocking the ball with soft hands close to the wickets to pinch quick singles just didn't work.
Keeping close to the lee shore with John in the bows watching out for rocks, which could be the size of a small car we slowly made our way back to base, shipping a lot of water as we did so.
Being so close to the Pacific means that the weather can be dicey: perishing cold, low cloud and sudden thaws on the lower slopes.
You never quite know what Barry's going to do next - he keeps his cards very close to his chest.
In public, at least, Kirk, who lives close to the Wight memorial in Thirsk, is the soul of diplomacy, maintaining that the amateur route will eventually reap dividends.
We have to ride close to the trees and hold our horses there to share the experience, which is good practice for our riding skills.
Affordable off-campus housing that's close to the university is only a dream for most students.
If you stop at this point, you will have a rational number that is very close to the decimal F.
Britains, Scots, and Picts following the chase without order or araie, so that by reason the Romans kept themselues close togither, the Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (3 of 8)
Dressed as the werewolf Remus Lupin, Mr. Oosting says he feels very close to his posse from the Netherlands. Harry Potter: London Fans Queue Up in Piccadilly to Buy the Final Installment - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
All of the strut joints end in a close tolerance ball end, so that throughout the entire structure, all the loads are balanced by the bracing wires and strut alignment.
It was the close to the start of my first semester of my senior year at Sequioa High School.
Obviously they had no idea what lay ahead after they had crossed the bridges and got close to the enemy positions.
According to the MSM reports here and here the French crew, of a ship with the very Italian sounding name MSC Napoli, deliberately run aground close to Sidmouth, 165 miles southwest of London. Archive 2007-01-01
The welfare state never came close to eliminating poverty.
That close to the gate, called the House of the Triclinium, derives its name from a large triclinium in the centre of the peristyle, which is spacious and handsome, and bounded by the city walls. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life
There we all were, craning our white-hatted heads in close to watch while our teacher explained the mysteries of making sausages.
The humble pollack, which is close to a slang word for testicles, will be sold by Sainsbury's as "colin" - pronounced "co-lan," and French for the closely related hake - with packaging inspired by artist Jackson Pollock. Undefined
The “ghost” plotline is coming dangerously close to shark-jumping territory, in my opinion. 20 minutes too long? : Bev Vincent
LOOKING for an affordable party pad close to the action with your gal pals? The Sun
Wind speeds in a category two hurricane can reach close to one hundred eighty kilometers an hour.
But that is moving dangerously close to what we might call the Gilligan defence: some of the details were wrong, m'lud, but it was, in essence, true.
Yes, I think it would have been great had Gilad given thanks to God with the traditional Gomel blessing in a synagogue close to his home in Mitzpe Hila, but he is a free man in a democratic nation and can be thankful anyway he chooses. Rabbi Jason Miller: Gilad Shalit, Iran Hiker Josh Fattal And Freedom Of Religion
I think of pletzlach as a close to ideal companion for mushroom barley soup, ukrainain borscht, or any other hearty whole meal type soup. Pletzlach
Good sites include near the eaves of a building with southern exposure and close to water.
You'll get up close to the wildlife, including giraffe, zebra, impala and wildebeest, and all riding abilities are catered for, including beginners.
Since individual univalents or bivalents in some nuclei may lie too close to each other to be resolved unambiguously, this method underestimates the frequency of achiasmate chromosomes.
This is where Black looks for the most powerful emotions on Blonde on Blonde, and he says that those fills can have him close to tears.
The 'hippest' block in H-town is close to my house (I state that because I want you to think I am hip and I need a transition for the next sentence). Netvouz - new bookmarks
The playing elevens for the decider described by former Indian Test player Navjot Sidhu as ‘too close to call’ will be named just before the toss today.
I think I am interested in circulated coins that trade as close to spot as poss, but that clearly have been (and are) real money, as opposed to eagles etc. Silver Bells, Silver Bells,... mmmm silver
They would pass very close to Earth in an hyperboloid at better than five miles per second, Earth relative. The Rolling Stones
The other sniper was crouched behind a rusted workbench close to the main doorway.
In the one study I am aware of that focuses on sites close to Magude and addresses Iron Age developments in a lowveld region straddling the international border, the significance attached to pottery demonstrates both how archaeological mappings have tacitly marginalized this area from history and how gender ideologies have buttressed this representation. Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique
The daughters of an insurance investigator, they lived in a smart area close to the cathedral.
Although the model ternary compositions we study are too simple to completely represent a biological membrane, we often find irascibility transitions close to physiological temperatures.
Nothing I have done in my 29 years on this planet comes close to a parachute jump.
After the Ken Noakes episode in her life, she had never allowed anyone to come so close to her.
The metro central terminus is planned to be located close to the City Railway Station.
The occlusion rates are close to 100%, higher than published results for surgical ligation.
Those close to the robbers claim major bribes were given to police by those who got away with it. The Sun
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which grants patents, acknowledged a backlog of 700, 000 applications and an average decision wait time of close to three years.
Together, they are close to finding a way to vaporise the nasties once and for all.
A source close to the star told the paper: "He is in real fear for his life."
It's just so close to the wall it looks on the schematic like they're double doors.
He is a great, flabby sham, an actor close to suicide, maybe - and this is an extraordinary display of incipient madness or incorrigible playfulness.
They were laid in gypsiferous clay, a mass of which lay close to the southwest corner. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan
What you need up top is something neat and close to the body. Times, Sunday Times
I avoid standing too close to colleagues in case they catch a whiff. The Sun
Some mangrove stands are close to tropophilous semi-deciduous seasonal forests, characterized by one or two strata, and heights from 5 to 8 m, with emergent individuals up to 10-12 m. Coastal Venezuelan mangroves
Orozco fell to his knees, seeking the undepleted oxygen that stays close to the ground; Moland fell on top of him. Earth, Wind And Wildfire
When it is spread close to a stream or on shallow soil over bedrock, what is the threat?
She lifted herself up to a sitting position, and pulled her face close to his, as if she was about to kiss him.
For the many children participating it was a good opportunity to get close to mitten crabs, shrimp, fresh water mussels and even eels, as well as to a lot of deliciously slithery mud!
There seemed no way by which he might get close to secure second place. Times, Sunday Times
They lived in a town close to the frontier.
Here the sequence of processes and landforms which exists between the tectonic uplift of an area and its reduction to a peneplain or erosion surface close to base level is believed to have occurred many times in certain regions.
It is cropped close to the low-pitched gable roof of a ranch house where a mysterious figure enclosed in the oval medallion floats by.
Do place a shaving mirror close to the shaver socket.
The artist, legendary for his portraits of Salford's satanic mills and matchstick figures, had a secret hideaway that was very close to his heart.
He lay down in the exact center of the circle, keeping close to the ground in order to escape the heat.
There I was sitting in my chair, jittery with adrenaline and close to peeing my pants, fearful of the imposing figure in the center of the room.
My advice to you is always move in a zigzag fashion and stay close to trees '. Times, Sunday Times
Indeed, my friend Susan lives on an upslope that has never, ever come close to being flooded.
I could also tell you the tale of the "frappe," but I'm afraid I'm skating too close to the ban on dialect jokes. Annoying and pretentious terms.
A man with a smelly dog got on board and sat rather too close to my nostrils.
The medical device industry cannot deliver anything close to perfection unless it expects failure.
You look great mads – I live very close to berrima these days and drive past the white horse all the time. 39 weeks (and 3 days) « Mad Dave and Lil
Although the trend's most recent period of reference is the '80s, when demure collars topped many a blousy shirt, observers are quick to note that the more influential time is the early '60s, when JFK led men's fashion trends with trim collars that sat close to the chest. The Incredible Shrinking Collar
Close to, the illusion of glowing feyness dissipated.
One of them kneeled close to me, put his head right next to mine. Kings of Colorado
He scared me a little because he got too close to other bodies from time to time because he is not supposed to take contact. Times, Sunday Times
From the nose-root to the nucha over the head he measures 13 1/2 inches, and between upper ear-tips across and over the head 11 inches, which is so close to the eight-and ten-inch standard that he may be called mesocephalic. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
He parked alongside some piles of pallets stacked on the quayside which were very close to the bollards to which the starboard mooring lines were secured.
Both have reason for their choices, but the times have brought the status of the estate worker slave and the 'hutted' servus casatus very close together, and that of the colonus close to both. A Corner of Tenth-Century Europe
Boise State's ascent to national prominence came amid a 52% rise in athletics spending in that same four-year period, close to tripling a 19% increase in total institutional expenditures. Missouri shows how schools pay a price for football success
Another of the Scarlet mages who slew the Azure ones is camped very close to me, and had the dawn watch.
A spokesman said the area close to the A64 had been sealed off purely for evidential purposes, and there was no safety risk.
I'm taking a bit of a liberty here by omitting alcohols, ethers, and other oxygenated compounds, partly because, ethanol and MTBE notwithstanding, they still don't amount to a large fraction of the mix, and partly because their photochemistry is pretty close to that of paraffins, or ketones that don't photolyze, i.e. break up by the direct action of sunlight. Hot Buttered
Stay close together-I don't want anyone to get lost.
According to forestry officials, five species known as tola, wenge, iroko, sapelli and limba account for close to 80 percent of the total timber exports in the country. ANC Daily News Briefing
A fortune-teller had given Declan the charm, telling him to keep it close to his heart for luck. Dreams of a Dark Warrior
Hamedan, 200 miles west of Tehran, is not known as a restive area, but it is close to a The Seattle Times
Cottonwoods along the rivers made the tallest vegetative layer, and on the surrounding prairies grew shoulder-high sage and greasewood, punctuated by the bunchgrasses close to the ground. Bird Cloud
Because the coastline of the area is indented, as wheat-growing expanded northwards the farms were still close to the sea and hence transport costs were low.
It would have been irrational for me to stop paying so close to the policy maturing. Times, Sunday Times
Although fairly common now, the great egret came perilously close to extinction at the hands of the hat trade at the beginning of the twentieth century; egret plumes were deemed a fashion accessory.
As they scuffled, a foot struck the lantern, pushing it perilously close to the edge. End of Time
The army is already building up civilian militias close to the gas field.
If you're doing a girl in the missionary position you're too close to her to see anything.
Could we have a table close to the band?
A sealant is a plastic material that is placed on the chewing surface up close to your teeth and it protects your teeth from bacteria getting into the deep pits and grooves and getting decayed," said Susan Schroeder, an IUSB dental student helping put on the clinic. WNDU - Home - Headlines
We get so close to our materials that it's easy to miss things and your detail oriented proofer can catch mistakes that could be a deal breaker if left unnoticed. Caroline Dowd-Higgins: Convene Your Personal Board of Directors
Micky Conlan would roll the ball in front, then run, pick it up, baulk an imaginary opponent, run close to the boundary, kick the goal then scuttle back, laughing.
The stone passage was built on a fairly level bit of ground, close to some great loose rocks under which the feline depredator was probably hiding at the time.
Bohr may be thought to have got perilously close to this when he suggested that complementarity could shed light on the age-old question of determinism and free will in relation to human nature.
There is a rotten to the core subculture of coin dealers close to these guys who truly believe that it is their right to doctor, recolor, or do whatever they please to coins for a living. Commentary: Thoughts on the PCGS Lawsuit Against Coin Doctors : Coin Collecting News
This is as close to a logical deduction as you get in precedential reasoning, Balkinization
A house is close to collapse after a gas leak caused an explosion just after 8am this morning.
Dr Benbow said Mr Rigby was ‘close to death’ and may have suffered a terminal collapse and fallen after going on to the balcony for some fresh air.
The groundwater moved through the aquifer which was close to the Carrigower River, a designated Special Area of Conservation.
The following year (April 1967), I was within 400 metres of the previous sighting, and close to a patch of "ploughed" ground which I had seen on my way up the valley about six days before. Archive 2007-01-01
The temptation is often to buy close to home, but while local knowledge can be useful, better investments may lie farther afield. Times, Sunday Times
This is about as close to an aeronautic, glass-cockpit design as has appeared in the mass market, and it will definitely sell some cars. Detroit Show's Soundtrack: America the Beautiful
With elbows close to the body and hips straight, lower your body until your upper arms and forearms form a right angle. Times, Sunday Times
Place cooked meats and raw items for the barbecue, as well as items more likely to be used last, on the bottom of the cooler close to the cooling source.
What is unacceptable, to say the least, is to generalize about the uses and customs of nearly half a billion people who cover close to one sixth of the Earth's surface.
One source close to the meeting said the deal hasn't been signed yet and indicated a few more hurdles had to be overcome before there would be any white smoke.
Some Eisweins sweeter than Sherry, but this is still as close to liquid raisins as it gets.
For someone like me, who has to bring his eyes very close to the monitor to read the text, the low viewing angles will pose a problem.
For a rice eater like me, cafeteria tiffin in the morning comes nowhere close to filling.
If the bid succeeds, his control of the newspaper market on the island of Ireland would be close to monopolistic.
Other avocado trees grew tall and rather flimsy as they were planted too close together and we did not realise that we should have topped them.
Reportedly, he's close to a deal with the Giants, while the Yankees have yet to make an offer.
A puff of smoke from behind a distant rock, the boom of a jezail, and Desmond fell beside the Boy, stunned by a well-aimed shot on the edge of the cheek-bone, the slug glancing off perilously close to the right eye. Captain Desmond, V.C.
She was very close to Lillie and spoke of her aunt warmly as a patient and loving person who adored her and her brothers.
He tried to get close to her under the pretence of examining the pictures on the wall.
No, we don't have anything coming close to broaching that subject," new Communications Director Matt Inveo told me. Jason Salzman: Radio Host Says Republicans Trying to Shut Up Their Own
Sucrose is a good subject for testing the sequence because it has resonances very close to that of water, making the signal sensitive to the quality of the water suppression.
Land that is close to major cities, has good views, is close to water and has a benign climate, attracts migrants from the urban areas.
No respect for the rule of law, utter narcissism, absolutely untrustworthy to anyone close to them who trusts them (the Clinton/Edwards tradition), unlimited ability to pursue public policies leading to disaster if it provides the ability to pander to their ultra-left donors - all wrapped around with endless self righteousness. Spitzer considering Senate run? …No, really? - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
Even those that oppose simple reductionism do not come close to Myers's ultimate hopes.
Plato would certainly have found the structure of C60 - an expanded dodecahedron, which is about as close to a sphere as you can get - to be an unusually beautiful body. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1996 - Presentation Speech
The tables are placed very close together so intimate conversation is difficult.
The prevailing winds and currents forced all ships returning to Europe or the Americas from the Ivory and Gold Coasts to pass eastward toward the Slave Coast and close to the shores of Efik lands. The Serpent and the Rainbow
Camp sites are usually situated along the coast, close to beaches.
Water chemical data are important for palaeohydrological interpretations, but in this case we restrict the discussion to available water data from close to the studied speleothems.
Wriggling close to the hawser, he opened his jack-knife and went to work. The Lost Poacher

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