close feeling
Example Sentences
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The Irish poet’s work was rooted in a close feeling for the local—but reached out to embrace a world of readers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
“We haven’t had that close feeling with the community for more than two years now. It feels like we’ve all become more distant and polarized.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2022
Their unusually close feeling of community was formed in the splendid isolation of Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Mountains.
From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2011
Maybe this close feeling was a gift for growing older.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
There is no cooking going on at present, probably because it is not heated up enough, but there is a peculiarly hot, close feeling suggestive of the Monkey house in an old-time zoo.
From Wild Animals at Home by Seton, Ernest Thompson
