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
"You're bringing people together from all over the world, putting them in close quarters, and exposing them to viruses they've never encountered before," she says.
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025
Enslaved people living in close quarters with slave owners made for close relationships.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
