Sentence examples for close increasingly from inspiring English sources

(The change also gave the added tension of a clock ticking away, as the hour that the workroom had to close increasingly neared each night).

As the release date for the film version of Fifty Shades of Grey looms ever closer, increasingly strange items of merchandise are vying for fans' money.

Tess is a girl who won't grow up, and her efforts to hold Lizzie close become increasingly suffocating.

But such qualifications are likely to be lost in the cut and thrust of what has become a close and increasingly acrimonious fight.

It keeps people superficially close but increasingly robotic and, if efficient, distant.

As the 20th century came to a close, Gaddafi increasingly rejected Arab nationalism, frustrated by the failure of his Pan-Arab ideals; instead he turned to Pan-Africanism, emphasising Libya's African identity.

China, Russia, South Korea, Japan, and the United States are closing ranks, increasingly likely to agree on more punitive measures.

In the Escambray, Morgan and Menoyo had grown increasingly close.

Ratner referred to Packer's increasingly close ties with Israel.

Somaliland, another neighbour, has increasingly close trade links with Djibouti.

If one takes a global vision, London and Paris are increasingly close.