Synonym: about, approximately, around, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some. Similar words: be close to, closet, close, closer, close in, closely, close up, closest. Meaning: adv. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.
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61) Her remarks were embarrassingly close to home.
62) Most urban areas are close to a park.
63) He drew her close to him.
64) She was standing dangerously close to the fire.
65) The hounds are getting close to their quarry.
66) We anchored close to the shore.
67) The wallpaper was peeling away close to the ceiling.
68) He's close to signing a contract.
69) The welfare state never came close to eliminating poverty.
70) Her remarks about me were embarrassingly close to home.
71) His comments struck unpleasantly close to home.
72) The little boy kept close to his mother.
73) This subject is very close to my heart.
74) The two governments were close to normalizing relations.
75) His jokes were a bit close to the bone.
76) Stick close to me and you won't get lost.
77) Broadside winds crabbed the boat close to the riverbank.
78) If only he would hold her close to him.
79) We came perilously close to disaster.
80) Max warned her she was sailing dangerously close to the wind and risked prosecution.
81) Colin came close to having a nervous breakdown last year.
82) This city is close to the fortieth parallel of north latitude.
83) When I saw Henry with another woman I felt something close to jealousy.
84) It has grown from a one-man business to a multi-million dollar business with close to $10 million in assets.
85) I was close to tears as I told them the news.
86) The best place to catch fish on a canal is close to a lock.
87) He tried to get close to her under the pretence of examining the pictures on the wall.
88) I don't know why he held his cards close to his chest.
89) I love the job(http://sentencedict.com)(sentencedict.com), and it's an added bonus that it's so close to home.
90) Building can be difficult where the water table lies close to the surface.
More similar words: be close to, closet, close, closer, close in, closely, close up, closest, close down, disclose, lose, set off, set out, set fire to, give rise to, lose sight of, lose interest, cloud, o'clock, lost, clownish, set, clothing, at a loss, set up, offset, upset, asset, settle, set down.