Sentence examples for said close to from inspiring English sources

In nearby Tangipahoa Parish, sheriff Daniel Edwards said close to 50 roads were closed because of high water and an estimated 300 to 400 people had to evacuate.

"In my experience," he said, "close to a hundred percent".

"We searched in every hospital," he said, close to tears.

Some said two, some said five or six, others said close to a dozen.

Residents of the village of Bunamulembwa said close to 100 people, mostly children, were missing.

But he said close to 1,500 people had told the coalition that they would participate.

He was, it is said, closer to his mother than his father.

At the Sakonnet bridge, a sign said "Closed to Pedestrians and Bicycles".

"And that's not nice either" Sharon says, close to tears.

Do we as a country want elected representatives to earn salaries, say, close to the average wage?

Bernard Melekian, of the Justice Department's Community Oriented Policing Services, says close to 100 cities are considering some sort of consolidation of law-enforcement.