Sentence examples for effective close from inspiring English sources

(The Quds Force appears to be more effective close to home, and a number of the remote plans have gone awry).

In announcing his resignation in court, Mr. Gallagher said it would be "effective close of business on Friday, April 18 , 2008.

As the jet engine replaced the piston engine in the 1950s and '60s, most aircraft became too fast and unmaneuverable to provide effective close support to ground forces.

Mr. Stein and Mr. Muti resolved the question of the opera's ballet, which directors like to omit, by playing the music as a suite before Act 3. In another variant, Mr. Muti ended the opera with the battle music and arioso for the dying Macbeth from the opera's original version — a much more effective close than the jaunty hymn of victory Verdi later supplied.

The study shows that such a lightweight and cart mounted war machine represented a powerful and effective close support artillery piece for the Roman Imperial Legions.

Among other similar constructions, Merriam-Webster defines the term as "being in a state of inactivity or obsolescence," no longer effective, "close to failure," and "close to death".

The first F-4s were armed only with air-to-air missiles, but, after suffering serious losses to Soviet-built MiG fighters over North Vietnam, they were fitted with 20-millimetre cannon for more effective close-range dogfighting.

Their biggest problem could be replacing Farnsworth, who was their third and most effective closer last year.

Finding a capable setup man can sometimes be as difficult as finding an effective closer.

The sunny blitheness of the dance makes it an effective closer.

After Hoffman joined the Brewers, he said he had no doubt that he could still be an effective closer.