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Discover LudwigThe phrase "close to dying" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
You can use it to describe someone who is in a critical condition or is nearing the end of their life. For example, "The doctor said that my grandfather is close to dying. We should spend as much time with him as possible." Another example could be, "The hiker was close to dying after being stranded in the mountains for three days without food or water."
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Not yet close to dying.
"He came close to dying.
Nobody came close to dying.
If they didn't die, they were certainly close to dying.
There are many men here so close to dying".
The movie comes close to dying between battle scenes.
Even after the Sept. 16 overdose, when I came so close to dying, I couldn't stop.
It could be the afterlife, as many people who have come close to dying have asserted.
Maxine was eighty-eight and came close to dying just over a year ago.
An industry that a decade or two ago was close to dying.
"He had leukemia and had come really close to dying," said Spencer, the Knicks' backup center.
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