Sentence examples for close to need from inspiring English sources

Too close to need treaties — what are pieces of paper between friends?

This statement isn't technically a lie: "close to" need not actually mean "in," and "affect" need not mean that a family's taxes are actually reduced.

"It's getting dangerously close to needing investors just to survive, which is a bad place to be," he said.

Jobless again, I insist on being positive: that check-back-in-two-weeks job really is getting close to needing men.

As it turned out, I never came close to needing the short-term cash, so I shrugged and put it out of my mind.

Some of Florida's unemployed residents are close to needing the services they would be required to volunteer.

Since Amanda had not been getting the right treatment she was close to needing a major surgery.

Unfortunately, the play is not nearly as provocative as its title, a title it never comes close to needing or earning.

"Customers are now buying things closer to need," said Joseph Boitano, group senior vice president at Saks.

Consumers "are still buying, but they're buying less and they're buying closer to need," he wrote.

The shift is consistent with Millennial shopping habits (these customers tend to shop closer to need) and makes the sale a totally different event now.