closeness
Example Sentences
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Closeness erodes formal language, imbues utterances with private meaning.
From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2022
Closeness is impossible between an artist and a critic.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2019
Closeness and frank conversations can emerge out of this swathe of time, at unplanned moments such as during a journey to a football match or while doing another activity.
From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2019
Closeness with his narrator is also a liability.
From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2019
Irus judg'd very rightly, that while he could keep his Poverty a Secret, he should not feel the Weight of it; he improved this Thought into an Affectation of Closeness and Covetousness.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
Vocabulary lists containing closeness
"The Tempest," Vocabulary from Acts 1 and 2
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ness
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