Similar words: close, closet, closest, close up, closely, close in, disclose, close down. Meaning: [kləʊs] 
n. 1. a person who closes something 2. (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game. adv. (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance.
n. 1. a person who closes something 2. (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game. adv. (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance. 
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151. Kabbah's close link with them predictably alienated the army, driving it into an even closer alliance with the rebels.
152. We will increase the number of bail hostel places, to enable closer supervision of those on bail.
153. He was not much closer to Belafonte, whose alter ego he played in the show.
154. I think you have to try and fail, because failure gets you closer to what you're good at. Louis C.K. 
155. But first he must win an argument closer to home.
156. Vervet monkeys with their anxious faces come closer to look at us.
157. The closer you come to mimicking the originals,(http://sentencedict.com/closer.html) the sooner you can advance your career to the next level.
158. But the Gulf of California is closer than you think, and currently under assault by everything from pollution to poaching.
159. Her flesh cried out to be closer, and, with the last vestiges of sanity, alarm bells rang.
160. The affinity between the fellow craftsmen at work on great buildings grew closer during the Gothic period.
161. In this sense too, popular art was closer to the dominant ethos of the age than its high art counterparts.
162. And pay closer attention to understanding what your body is telling you about yourself.
163. Duncan was coming closer with the brush and a big bucket, emptying ashtrays and mopping things.
164. There is one apposite text which may be worth a closer look.
165. The more stupid one is, the closer one is to reality. The more stupid one is, the clearer one is. Stupidity is brief and artless, while intelligence squirms and hides itself. Intelligence is unprincipled, but stupidity is honest and straightforward. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
166. Both countries are anxious to establish a closer relationship to the West.
167. They say it is a way to avoid a closer look at the venture.
168. Perhaps one final vignette can move us closer to a balanced view of the Hooligan's weaponry.
169. But agents paid closer attention than they did before and watched for reactions.