Sentence examples for after a close from inspiring English sources

Memory becomes selective after a close call.

But victory is sweeter after a close brush with defeat.

That resolve hardened after a close brush with dead air.

After a close call, he would pat his heart.

Double fault after a close call on the first serve.

After a close election, power changed hands peacefully.

After a close call in the boy's room, I paid up.

Porter represents Orange County after a close race called nine days after the election.

The 33-year-old actor beat Michael Keaton to the prize, after a close-run awards race.

The Malton-based rider won the title last year when he saw off Richard Hughes after a close-fought battle.

That's the "honeymoon effect" of many Americans deciding to give Obama the benefit of the doubt, just after a close-fought election.