close quarters

Example Sentences

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In Minneapolis, those officers are walking and driving through the largely residential city looking for people to arrest—and coming into close quarters with angry and organized residents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

“Anytime you have a gathering of kids in close quarters, you risk sharing germs,” says Elizabeth Murray, a pediatrician in Rochester, New York.

From Slate • Jan. 9, 2026

Many remembrances circulating since Reiner’s shocking murder cite the significance of Meathead and Archie Bunker’s commitment to coexist, however uncomfortable that was in such close quarters.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025

During this year's Women's Premier League, where she led Mumbai to the title, I was fortunate to watch her at close quarters.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025

It certainly comes out, living in such close quarters with people, which ones are only looking out for themselves and which ones are thinking about the whole group.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez