How To Use Close-knit In A Sentence
-
Both were well known in this close-knit community and deepest sympathy is extended to their families.
-
a close-knit family
-
Friends and work colleagues in the close-knit community of Wentworth have already been a huge comfort, he said.
-
I have a close-knit team of people around me, at the club here we all support each other.
Times, Sunday Times
-
Everyone works in close-knit teams and as a result information flows within the company.
Times, Sunday Times
-
The group were formerly close-knit but are now a bunch of individuals moving in separate directions and facing different problems.
-
She has been offered extra security and has been supported by a close-knit team here.
Times, Sunday Times
-
We are a very close-knit family and support each other through any crises.
-
The Fords are a close-knit, loving family, but the counselors who saw Greg said he was exhibiting classic signs of sex abuse, which naturally put the parents under suspicion.
Unholy Communion
-
We are a very close-knit family and support each other through any crises.
-
This instinct caused animals to form close-knit, evenly spaced groups, as seen in real mammal herds and fish schools.
-
The close-knit dramas of family life thus necessarily give way to an episodic tale that lurches from one eccentric encounter to another.
Times, Sunday Times
-
Downing said British ticket touts were an "unwanted export" and were prevalent at sporting and music events around the world, with a close-knit network running sophisticated operations.
Olympic Games organisers and police launch crackdown on ticket touts
-
It is 1936, the depths of the Great Depression, and as the novel opens this close-knit family is about to undergo trials far beyond Father's chronic unemployment.
The Book That Broke the Color Line
-
Hundreds of callers have been supporting the very close-knit family at their home in Cashel.
-
But to a close-knit community not far from the city centre, Fietas was a thriving community and home to several thousands of coloureds, Malays, Indians and whites in the decades before the 1970s.
-
And living in the country and being a part of a close-knit community is definitely something they wouldn't swap with their city cousins.
-
It was a close-knit community with no ambition to expand its interests and activities.
-
At some point, the hundreds of companies that are listed but not actively traded will also have to be removed, an unappetizing prospect in such a small and close-knit business community.
-
Well-known for his ready smile and chirpiness, Brian, from Lymington, said: ‘We are a very close-knit team and we try to make things fun for obvious reasons.’
-
You no longer have close-knit mining or ship-building communities.
-
The law enforcement community, like the armed forces, has always been very close-knit.
-
It was one of the happiest days in the lives of this close-knit family.
The Sun
-
They tend to recruit from a close-knit group of families.
BLOOD AGAINST THE SNOWS: The Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty
-
But sometimes it was nice to just stay in, escape completely and spend time in our close-knit group.
The Sun
-
The emphasis was on self-reliance, with the children free to work out their own solutions without a close-knit family environment.
-
How will you grow this close-knit family?
Times, Sunday Times
-
It seems that these patterns are maintained by insider knowledge depending on the extent to which speakers belong to relatively close-knit groups.
-
As humans, we must fit into a close-knit social system to succeed, yet our primary aim is still to look out for ourselves above all others.
-
All are members of a close-knit but fractious group that has dominated the American debate over the Arab - Israeli problem.
-
Ministers lost status and irritated each other as diverse populations tore apart the unity of originally close-knit old towns.
-
News of the killing spread fast through the close-knit community and members of a nearby flying club offered to put both fixed-wing aircraft and a helicopter into the air to help in the search.
-
Most of these early drillers and operators were local folk, or members of an industrious and close-knit fraternity who had grown up in and around the salt well or oil-skimming business.
-
It is a close-knit group.
Times, Sunday Times
-
Jess is a quiet, intense kid from a large, close-knit farm family in Washington.
-
Two days later, dazed residents of the close-knit village of 3,000 wandered through dusty, brick- and glass-covered streets, pausing when they passed each other to offer hugs, shed a few tears and ask the question on everyone's mind: "How's your house?
At N.Z. quake epicenter, screams and flying boulders
-
Born in Springfield, Ohio he grew up in a close-knit family with four brothers and sisters.
-
On the other hand, Northern Ireland is inhabited by only about 1.7 million people, distributed among close-knit urban neighborhoods and rural communities.
-
We spend a lot of time together, we are friends and a close-knit group.
The Sun
-
It was a close-knit community with no ambition to expand its interests and activities.
-
The rumour mill went into overdrive and the identity of her alleged attacker was said to be a well-known secret in London's close-knit television community.
-
By all accounts the Thatcher family is a close-knit foursome, and Husband Denis is a cheery, supportive consort.
-
He also had a spell at Reading but only really felt happy when he was back in the bosom of his close-knit family and friends.
-
The war caused a deep rift in the close-knit Western alliance.
-
On the other hand, Northern Ireland is inhabited by only about 1.7 million people, distributed among close-knit urban neighborhoods and rural communities.
-
Not all Brotherhoods employ such techniques, but some do in the smaller pueblos where the communities are more close-knit and it is more difficult to keep secrets.
-
The close-knit nature of the cycling gang is a cornerstone of the success.
Times, Sunday Times
-
I have a very large (and very close-knit) extended family, so there is a dozen or so kids in the school system at the moment.
Archive: Oct 08 - Mar 09
-
That respect, along with small, close-knit project teams, is a key piece of the puzzle to Apple's success.
-
They are a very close-knit group and very well led.
Times, Sunday Times
-
Indeed, the genial 50-year-old has a lot of friends throughout the close-knit UK network.
-
All are members of a close-knit but fractious group that has dominated the American debate over the Arab - Israeli problem.
-
The small campus is close-knit.
Times, Sunday Times
-
It was little wonder the advert quickened pulses among members of Edinburgh's close-knit financial community.
-
We did not have a big, extended family or a close-knit community to draw on, and I have financed everything myself.
-
We've got a really close-knit group and the togetherness and desire not to lose was there.
Times, Sunday Times
-
Jakarta's sprawling metropolis has become a close-knit hive of concern.
-
We are a very close-knit family and support each other through any crises.
-
He was a much adored member of our close-knit family.
The Sun
-
The charity is run by a friendly and close-knit team which aims to promote, protect and improve carers' services in Croydon.
-
Our family is very close-knit and she and I have known each other all our lives.
The Sun
-
Her recollection of those early years was of a close-knit happy family that played games together.
-
This person already has a close-knit social group with little inclination to extend it, therefore advances from outsiders are not usually welcome.
-
It's something that, as a team you have to be close-knit and stick together to get wins.
Wizards finally play complete game on the road, defeat woeful Cavaliers
-
When the baby, Frankie, becomes his responsibility directly after birth, Noel's friends and family in his close-knit Dublin neighborhood rally behind him.
The Reigning Queen of Victim Lit
-
He relied upon his close-knit clan not only to manage the business at auxiliary plants but also to oversee the company crèches and schools.
-
Jess is a quiet, intense kid from a large, close-knit farm family in Washington.
-
The company's board is a close-knit team and they often socialise with each other.
Times, Sunday Times
-
The idea of the close-knit extended family is still in people's memory.
A Rock and a Hard Place
-
We are a very close-knit family and support each other through any crises.
-
Sargent and Doubleday, liked to refer to their close-knit management style as "MBP: Management by Party.
Doubleday's Dapper Leader
-
The Yorks were a close-knit and affectionate family and the princess had a secure and uncomplicated childhood.
-
His other family is his cuadrilla, the close-knit team of picadors and banderilleros who join him in the ring.
Times, Sunday Times
-
Only a close-knit group of family and friends knew.
The Sun
-
There have certainly been persistent rumours of a deep split between a close-knit group of young players and the older squad members.
-
They are a close-knit family.
Times, Sunday Times
-
In our close-knit cliques we gossip about a variety of topics even though we complain about the parents who do it.
-
When this happens, we work as a close-knit team to give the patient the best care.
The Sun
-
One of the school's strengths is its place at the centre of a close-knit village community.
-
He was a much adored member of our close-knit family.
Times, Sunday Times
-
Anna has relatives scattered all over Italy and recreates the intimacy of a close-knit family life in her work.
-
There are only eight teaching staff, and about 20 people work here all together, so it is a close-knit team.
-
Brittany began the year by finding out which of her close-knit group of friends shared her classes.
-
Your new partner comes from a close-knit family.
The Sun
-
a close-knit homogeneous group
-
The racing world is a pretty close-knit fraternity.
-
This might be because Dickens is trying to tell us that society should be close-knit one and not isolated into different units.
-
It is England between the two World Wars, where close-knit communities live in quiet villages or rich city folk assemble for weekends at grand country houses.
-
He was a much adored member of our close-knit family.
Times, Sunday Times
-
Ministers lost status and irritated each other as diverse populations tore apart the unity of originally close-knit old towns.
-
We have a talented, close-knit team.
-
It's a fair assumption that he's aware of my existence simply because the community at my college is close-knit and talky.
-
It's close-knit and even has its own social services, including ambulances.
Baltimore Police Officer Helps Jewish Community
-
The close-knit dramas of family life thus necessarily give way to an episodic tale that lurches from one eccentric encounter to another.
Times, Sunday Times
-
We, like many others, want to spend a quiet and happy retirement in Lee, it is such a close-knit, safe community.
-
It is a small community, a close-knit community and crimes of this nature are very, very rare.
-
The residents of the close-knit community of Beaconsfield prepared to celebrate the men's freedom and off licences stocked up on supplies.
-
Students value the close-knit atmosphere and find the city livelier than its staid image might suggest.
Times, Sunday Times
-
The close-knit family was headed by a patriarch who made all pivotal decisions.
-
The couple had met at college, where they were part of the same close-knit group of friends.
Times, Sunday Times
-
It would be difficult to find a more close-knit team than ours.
-
close-knit little villages
-
The family lives on a close-knit block in suburban Chicago.
-
Councilwoman Dilenna Harris, indicating the close-knit feeling radiating from the crowd.
Heroes or Villains?
-
We were a close-knit team that was fortunate enough to play together for several years.
-
We are a very close-knit family and support each other through any crises.
-
Ministers lost status and irritated each other as diverse populations tore apart the unity of originally close-knit old towns.
-
The choice of bar can range from a close-knit pub setting to a party animal's dream.
-
Yet, despite the clement weather and close-knit circle of friends, he is now considering moving to London.
Wolfgang Puck's Kitchen Adventures
-
He was a much adored member of our close-knit family.
Times, Sunday Times
-
One of the inherent weaknesses of the modern squad system is that a close-knit clique becomes impervious to failure and criticism.
-
But to a close-knit community not far from the city centre, Fietas was a thriving community and home to several thousands of coloureds, Malays, Indians and whites in the decades before the 1970s.
-
We are a very close-knit group, we all get on very well.
The Sun
-
We are a very close-knit family and support each other through any crises.
-
For this close-knit, dependent community it was a painful and terrifying experience.
-
He was a much adored member of our close-knit family.
Times, Sunday Times
-
Various versions have been related by the locals of this close-knit and defensive community.
-
Meals together are crucial to the building of a close-knit and joyful community.
-
Symbol systems can arise only in close-knit social groups, for the symbols are meaningful only as tokens in interactions with others.
