Sentence examples for played closely from inspiring English sources

It's been beautifully played, closely contested and very exciting.

The two teams had also played closely against one another during the regular season to this point, with each winning 9 of their 18 match-ups prior to the tie-breaker.

Caplan and violinist Jaron Freeman-Fox bounced off each and were both at their best when playing closely together.

In the 13th-century Spanish manuscript of the Cantigas de Santa María, illuminations depict Muslims in their own costumes playing their instruments next to Christians, who are playing closely related specimens.

But West Virginia, which played Seton Hall closely in a 4-point loss in Morgantown, W. Va., last Saturday, would not fold.

Christopher Taylor gave a brilliant, energetic account of the solo piano line, and Elizabeth Mann, the flutist, and Renée Jolles, the violinist, played their closely intertwined solo lines vividly.

ALLAN HOUSTON was played so closely by Dan Majerle Wednesday in Game 5 of the Heat-Knicks playoff series that it appeared he'd know if Majerle had eaten onions on his steak for his pregame meal, or had radishes in his salad.

The metabolic abilities of filamentous members of the Oscillatoria order can shed light on the role played by closely related clones encountered in the Jakrem spring mats.

The second half was played very closely, with neither team taking a substantial lead.

Mr. Eno has studied the play closely, and the marvel of his new version is how closely it tracks the original while also being, at every moment and unmistakably, a Will Eno play.

Nineteenth-century Romantic writers espoused Shakespeare's use of tragicomedy in the belief that his plays closely mirrored nature, and they used him as a model for their works.