Sentence examples for close to extreme from inspiring English sources

One of the interesting things about being in a church family is that you can be quite close to extreme poshness (the royal family! My grandparents are buried next to Edward IV if I'm not mistaken) and extreme poverty (we used to feed tramps with tea and toast when they knocked at the door).

"The weather [at the airport] was close to extreme," said Ruben Esayan, a prominent Russian test pilot, "which compelled the crew to attempt landing twice or three times.

His literary lineage runs closer to extreme satirical fabulists such as William Burroughs and Jonathan Swift than to Arthur C Clarke.

But what he does is closer to extreme sport than exploring.

These were intended to attack the bombers from the rear in tight arrowhead formations, closing to extreme close range, as replacements for the formerly-dedicated Zerstörer twin-engined heavy fighters, which themselves were being shot down in ever-increasing numbers by Allied escort fighters.

Voter identification moves away from the middle and closer to extremes.

So we already mentioned that on this extreme, close to this extreme, you could think about the oil wells.

But Facebook and Twitter have not brought to Canada anything close to the extreme information distortion that they have to American politics — rather the opposite.

An example of the Pareto front utility-based approach that selects two points close to both extreme ends of the frontier is described in the paper.

But Facebook and Twitter have not brought to Canada anything close to the extreme information distortion that they have to American politics—rather the opposite.

The extent of physical punishment of children varies widely; however, the United States is close to the extreme violent end of any continuum.