Sentence examples for terribly close to from inspiring English sources

Past 4,000 metres above sea-level, bizarrely, the earth seems terribly close to the surface.

You'd have to fly to Kisumu, which is not terribly close to anything, and then you have to drive 40 miles just to see a village".

Mr. Smith, the club's vice president, said it was difficult to determine the logic behind the map, pointing out that his own home, though not terribly close to the pond, is included in it.

Books offer us a shared experience with characters as they struggle with these aspects of life, and also provide a means to place our own deeds and misdeeds in silent measurement – I'm clearly not as wretched as that fellow; or, just as likely: that feels terribly close to home.

This had been terribly close to disaster, and not the way wild polar bears are supposed to be captured and handled.

The probability that the number of planets is greater than or equal to 0 is maximal but not terribly close to the whole truth.

A Western envoy in Baghdad acknowledged that the United Nations did not pay terribly close attention to contraband dates.

A few seconds later you will see the bridge dropping and, just in case you are uncertain of what is going on (maybe you were texting your friend, who sneaked into "Bad Teacher" with hopes of hearing Cameron Diaz swear), someone else will say, "The bridge is dropping!" So you don't have to pay terribly close attention if you want to grasp the basic political and military issues.

It's a huge release of information, which manages to be both extremely open and terribly closed at the same time.

"It's going to be terribly close, and I think it could end up being one of the two or three decisive states," he said.

That said, members of Congress and their staffs aren't under terribly close scrutiny when it comes to drug use.