near-at-hand

How to use near-at-hand in a sentence

• The near-at-hand field and pasture that sloped toward it were gemmed with dew.

  The Wall Between | Sara Ware Bassett

• I had ransacked the far-off, and had neglected the near-at-hand, as we are so apt to do.

  The Galaxy | Various

• In support of this proposition volumes might be written; but only a brief array of near-at-hand evidence will be here presented.

  Fishing and Shooting Sketches | Grover Cleveland