near-at-hand
Example Sentences
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All were done on near-at-hand scraps of paper, including the backs of medication labels.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
“Why, I am a sort of Columbus of those near-at-hand and believe you can come to them in this immediate terra incognita that spreads out in every gaze.”
From Time ● May 19, 2015
The story shifts from the near-at-hand to long lens.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 16, 2015
Far away a cock crowed; the near-at-hand one answered in clarion voice.
From To the Last Man by Zane Grey
The discussion and criticism which followed each paper had all the zest which vitally practical and near-at-hand questions always arouse.
From Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization by Emmett J. (Emmett Jay) Scott
