close-knit

She has often spoken of her close-knit family life, including a desire to spend more time at home with her children.

"At the end of the day, we're all here to do the same job. Feelings aside, we were always a close-knit group. As goalkeepers, we normally stick together," she told BBC Sport.

Sachs enjoyed the experience, though, believing that it forced the cast and crew to become close-knit.

The daughter of two pastors, Iwezue says she grew up in a close-knit community where people looked out for each other.

Before we meet any characters in “The Family Stone,” Thomas Bezucha’s 2005 holiday dramedy about a close-knit extended family meeting their prodigal son’s uptight new girlfriend for the first time, a cellphone rings.