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narrow squeak
noun as in close call
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Example Sentences
But remember, sweet little one, you've had a narrow squeak of losing a very long life.
Crawley having thus alluded to the narrow squeak had asked his visitor to enter the house and see his wife.
"It was a narrow squeak—a very narrow squeak," Mr. Crawley had said when his friend congratulated him on his escape.
But we're going to have a narrow squeak for it next spring and summer, and we must get more food out of the land.'
There was a young chap, Winstay—rather a pal of mine—he had a narrow squeak, knocked over by a shot in his breast.
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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to narrow squeak, such as: cliffhanger, close shave, close squeeze, close thing, hairbreadth escape, and heart stopper.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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