closeness
Example Sentences
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That closeness between grandson and grandfather became public as part of an extraordinary battle over the leadership of the Pulte patriarch’s company, after he had stepped aside.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
That growing closeness with Russia has unsettled Beijing.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
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
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
Once the dream receded—the feeling of paralysis, the suffocating closeness of it—her body relaxed, and her mom came closer.
From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead
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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