press close
Example Sentences
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He believes they can safeguard vital sea-lanes during peacetime and could press close to Soviet shores in the early hours of a full-scale conventional war with the Soviet Union.
From Time Magazine Archive
While the densely packed pilgrims from all across the Orient press close, torchbearers and musicians swirl round a procession of painted elephants.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other guards press close and Officer Bomini up in the tower trains his Thompson on Mrs. Capone.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
People are clustering ten deep around it, waiting for a turn to press close to the glass that protects it.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
The larynx must rise and descend unimpeded by the tongue, soft palate and pillars of the fauces rise and sink, the soft palate always able more or less to press close to the hard.
From How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] by Aldrich, Richard
