Sentence examples for close running from inspiring English sources
The artist rises from the chair, lights a cigarette and looks at the painting up close, running a hand across the surface.
Pauline Beck of 69 Elizabeth Street came close, running "a noisy and untidy den of assignation, visited only by the lowest class of people" while the landlady at 105 West 27th Street was said to be "as sour as her wine".
The company is in close running with Boeing to win lucrative astronaut launch contracts with NASA.
"Do you see what my sign says?" my close running friend asked.
That was a close run thing though.
A close run thing, with a pair of excellent entries.
But, as Lord Wellington commented of Waterloo, his triumph was a darn close run thing.
But it is likely to be close run thing.
But it may be a close run thing by the time winter has run its course.
"So it may have been a close run thing but we deserved it.
"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" runs for 4 58 (4 minutes, 58 seconds).
