- superlative of close.
closest
Example Sentences
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I like her well enough, but I don’t look forward to seeing her the way I do my closest friends.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
“His family and those closest to him are deeply grateful for the concern, prayers and respectfully ask for privacy,” the statement read, without offering further details.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
"They're very spirited, and you get the tribalism, so it's the closest thing we have to European football fanbases," Dubiski told BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
So it was fair to wonder if simple music performed on guitar came closest to representing his inner life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
In his hour of greatest need, his closest friend had pretended not to know him.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
