closest

[closest]

(superlative of `near'' or `close'') within the shortest distance; "that was the time he came nearest to death"

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Adverb
(superlative of `near'' or `close'') within the shortest distance; "that was the time he came nearest to death"


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Usage Examples

I believe the best service to the child is the service closest to the child, and children who are victims of neglect, abuse, or abandonment must not also be victims of bureaucracy. They deserve our devoted attention, not our divided attention.

I find fault with my children because I like them and I want them to go places - uprightness and strength and courage and civil respect and anything that affects the probabilities of failure on the part of those that are closest to me, that concerns me - I find fault.

At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom.

Kurt and I weren't the closest of friends, but I knew him well enough to be devastated by his death. For such a quiet person, he was so excited about having a child.

I had the closest thing I have ever had to an out-of-body experience lying in bed one morning. I turned on the 'Today' programme and item four on the news was: 'The shadow chancellor has ruled himself out of the leadership.' I lay there thinking that's interesting, then I realised it was me.

In closing I wish to say that while I was sorely beset by a number of white riders in my racing days, I have also enjoyed the friendship of countless thousands of white men whom I class as among my closest friends.

I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.

I think my family and closest friends are learning about my need to withdraw, and I am learning how to restore and store my energy to both serve the community to the best of my ability and to serve my writer's heart.

Marriage may be the closest thing to Heaven or Hell any of us will know on this earth.

I feel an intense intimacy with those who have this loathing interest in me. Further than this, I know what they mean, I sympathize with them, I understand them. There should be a name (as poetic as love) for this relationship between loather and loathed it is of the closest and more full of passion than incest.

But my strength was in singing and songwriting, which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And I decided if I pursued songwriting, which is what was closest to my heart, then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being myself and living my dream.

Final Destination was the closest thing I've done to a teen movie but it certainly had an edge to it.

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