Sentence examples for closely would have from inspiring English sources

Then again, anyone who had followed Jennings's career closely would have seen through the clutter.

Only wonks who follow the evolution/creationism issue closely would have any hope of sorting it out; teachers and students the intended audience will have no idea they are being swindled.

Only a fool or a fan (they are closely related) would have thought otherwise.

In any case, Stevens knew French closely, and would have been aware of these subtle differences.

If he'd looked more closely, he would have seen the No. 12 under all the blue sections.

If you looked closely, you would have seen the bottle of Tums [indigestion-relief pills] in the background.

How closely he would have watched personnel decisions, especially with an administrative chief, Vicar General Gerhard Gruber, who had been in his post since 1968, is an open question.

Yet had the Europeans examined those shell mounds more closely, they would have found something ominous: the shells grow larger toward the bottom.

If you didn't peel back the skin and look closely, you would have thought, "That's who I should follow".

If the film-makers had decided to follow the book more closely, Hoffman would have had a far greater presence in the film's latter scenes, where a key character is saved thanks to Heavensbee.

In the back of my mind, if you'd listened really closely, you would have heard a voice going, Well, damn.