nearness

Example Sentences

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Ms Prempeh's latest exhibition, The Nearness of Elsewhere, is inspired by her African-Caribbean heritage alongside her recent time spent in Hull.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

Nearness — feeling your hands in the soil and viscerally understanding that a different world is possible — is necessary for change.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2022

“Everyone is drowning in content,” said Casper ter Kuile, an author who used Geneva to co-found a community for people interested in spirituality called The Nearness which has over 200 members.

From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2022

His gesticulation was relaxed and natural, and his unadorned interpretations of standards like “The Nearness of You,” “You’ll Never Know” and “How Deep Is the Ocean” were impeccable.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2015

Nearness is, in reality, of the soul, not of the body, and help and receptivity of help are spiritual, not physical.

From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá