Synonym: nearest, nighest. Similar words: close, closet, closer, close up, closely, close in, close down, disclose. Meaning: [kləʊs] adv. (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance.
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91. Some of his closest aides have been handpicked from the pharmaceutical sector.
92. Alpha lipoprotein the fastest band, migrates the closest to the anode followed by prebeta and beta lipoproteins.
93. The influx of large numbers of construction workers had inevitably caused disruption in the nearby villages, especially the closest, Stogursey.
94. It is the closest thing to a real arm available in medical science.
95. Bormann followed the simple principle of always remaining in the closest proximity to the source of all grace and favor.
96. Kakudji-the president's closest adviser and hardest of hard-liners-offered himself as successor, according to several accounts.
97. And most of them begin at home, with ourselves and our closest circle of friends.
98. After the closest and most detailed scrutiny, I am absolutely persuaded that that will be achieved.
99. It therefore follows that it is worthy of your closest attention and your most energetic practice.
100. In her study of 496 heavy computer users, she said pathological gambling is the closest type of addiction.
101. Victoria called a sidebar of her closest allies, urging them to replace nuptial sentiment with hard political decisiveness.
102. In our main 1979 survey, we asked people which of four statements came closest to describing their own feelings about credit.
103. One of her closest friends - in fact, her closest friend - lived in Nice with her brother.
104. Globke was the closest confidant and adviser of Adenauer, who could stand in for the Chancellor.
105. These men are adrenaline junkies-most alive when closest to death.
106. Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home. Mother Teresa
107. The Jura are the closest mountains across the Channel and it doesn't cost much to reach them.
108. Freemantle and the newly ordained Richard Grey remained Crewe's closest confidants through the last years of his life.
109. The closest competitor the whole day was Arpaio, who earlier typed 44 words per minute.
110. For those who are in the professional fields closest to conservation techniques, this section will not offer them anything new.
111. But over the years Laura has always been one of Diana's closest confidantes.
112. This was the man whom Anselm chose as his closest companion on the strength of a meeting thirteen years earlier.
112. Wish you can benefit from our online sentence dictionary and make progress day by day!
113. This incident is the closest thing to action that there is in this book.
114. It's exceptionally comfortable and cosy inside but was the closest fitting bag on test.
115. Brother to the Good Sir James, the Bruce's closest friend.
116. The closest comparable figure for Wirral is the annual prevalence rate for the 16-34-year-old age group: 12 per 1,000.
117. He picked them up and courteously enquired of the young woman sitting closest with her boyfriend if they were hers.
118. Second, his indifference to business proficiency as a qualification for his closest companions.
119. It would be chaired by one of his closest Cabinet colleagues, Sir Alexander Campbell.
120. We must stop calling this the closest election of modern times, because it wasn't-not by a long chalk.