closest

How To Use closest In A Sentence

• Stars' glorious start to the season has hit a slight snag lately with a couple of draws, while their closest rival, Ballina, continues to string together victories.
• You can stoke his silicon chest and pinch his squeezable bum - it may be the closest you ever get to doing it.
• It's the closest part he's ever played to his real self, but the fact that he played it kind of nelly was a big risk. A Pirate's Life
• There are three degrees of intimacy between words, of which the first and loosest is expressed by their mere juxtaposition as separate words, the second by their being hyphened, and the third or closest by their being written continuously as one word. Hyphens.
• If we posit a voiceless spirant value for Uralic *x by this stage anyway, over in PFP the closest equivalent would be śexćim. Update of my "Diachrony of Pre-IE" document
• When stressed we are often the most cruel to those who we feel closest to. Times, Sunday Times
• His closest friends had no time for biblical Christianity, his church attendance lapsed, and his work became increasingly secular, including writing for the theatre.
• Querulousness, arrogance and an erratic streak alienated even his closest supporters, dooming his place in history.
• Altair, at a distance of 17 light-years, is one of the closest of the bright stars.
• But despite the best efforts of his closest aides, it was not until two hours later that the Pope finally relented, the report said.