Sentence examples for a few intimate from inspiring English sources

At the bedside were present his wife, his brother, and a few intimate friends.

A second vitrine holds eight small etchings from 2008 that include a few intimate images of skeletal lust.

Winston recalled only a few intimate conversations with his father, and one of these, though couched as an apology, stayed with him: "Do remember things do not always go right with me.

The "Times" says the president has mentioned the idea to a few intimate friends, stressing the fact that while he has not definitely decided upon the plan, he is earnestly weighting its possibilities.

Only a few intimate friends were present as the young flyer, wearing a light brown raincoat, white béret, navy blue jersey and gray flannel trousers, stepped into her Percival Vega Gull monoplane The Messenger, and made a perfect take-off rapidly disappearing in low clouds.

A later glimpse of the same bantering warmth between Cave, Bick and Earl holds up the encouraging promise that mighty works of art might not be the only bridge out of grief, and that a few intimate words and a joke shared can change lives too.

Only a few intimates, however, knew her true age.

He was introverted and clung tenaciously to a few intimates.

In letters to a few intimates, we can catch a glimpse of another, less self-controlled Washington.

Several years ago, Ms. Ephron learned that she had myelodysplastic syndrome, a pre-leukemic condition, but she kept the illness a secret from all but a few intimates and continued to lead a busy, sociable life.

A few intimates, like Mr. Moody and the photographer Laurie Simmons, show up to offer perspectives on the work, but Mr. Crewdson's unsettling ability to evoke the ineluctable void between observer and observed — and between one human being and another — is beyond the reach of words.