closeness
Example Sentences
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About 40% of Americans long for more closeness with friends, he says, but struggle to find time for them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Today it is one of the most politically significant landmarks in Beijing, and an invitation to it for foreign dignitaries is often seen as an honor and a sign of closeness.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
That immediate closeness — and a shared love of pizza crunch, a battered pizza popular in Scotland — allowed the actors to take on the more demanding aspects of their roles.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia paid a state visit to China last November, the first by a Spanish monarch in 18 years, highlighting the closeness of ties.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
I let myself feel the smallness and closeness of the closet pressing in on me, and I think about Sir Patrick Moore’s black hole trick, when he just vanished into thin air.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
Vocabulary lists containing closeness
"The Tempest," Vocabulary from Acts 1 and 2
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