Sentence examples for not really a close from inspiring English sources

"And frankly," he says, "there is not really a close second".

I've written back saying they can use my old name – we're not really a close family, so it's not going to break my heart.

It's the greatest fairy-tale movie ever made, and there isn't really a close second.

"I still consider myself a patriot, and I guess I'm not really a pacifist, but close," he mused, running a gnarled hand through his white whiskers.

"He's not really a partner, more of a close friend I'm attracted to.

In truth, sunken only a few feet into the earth, it's not really a basement, but it's as close as you're likely to find in that part of the world.

Precipitation of such intensity is not really a form of weather; it's closer to a spiritual condition, a portent of sin and violence in a fallen world.

Though intended for the stage, it's not really an opera, and is closer in form to the topical masques popular at the Stuart court in 17th-century London than to any other artistic genre.

The little guy insists on an atom of Pepto-Bismol, because "how cool would that look…all pink and everything?" I explain that Pepto-Bismol is not really an atom, it's closer to a beverage or — in our family — an apeirtif.

And, Dr. Nur admitted, "Alexandria is not really close to a plate boundary".

He also spoke to 5 live Breakfast and said: "I was on trial at Nottingham Forest and I got injured in pre-season so I'm not really close to a move.