near-at-hand

Example Sentences

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Farce, of course, depends on its characters’ failure to recognize what is near at hand; Wodehouse in his splendid isolation in France and in a bygone fictional Eden was incapable of recognizing the crisis in Britain was so near at hand that his broadcasts would strike hard at his countrymen’s diminishing morale.

From Los Angeles Times

The time is now near at hand which must probably determine, whether Americans are to be, Freemen, or Slaves.

From Literature

The quarterly snapshot of the nation's financial condition covering the business, household and government sectors also showed what had been a key source of U.S. household resilience through the COVID-19 pandemic - cash near at hand - crested in early 2022 and has declined by more than $500 billion since then.

From Reuters

At dark we emptied our pockets and backpacks of anything that smelled like food, stuffed it all back into our bear-resistant canister, stowed it far from the tent and zipped ourselves into our sleeping bags for the night, noise makers near at hand.

From New York Times

Looking the everyman in his uniform of black slacks and white dress shirt — fedora near at hand — Kentridge spoke with The Times in the Broad’s offices a few days before the public opening of his show.

From Los Angeles Times