Examples of close call in a Sentence
We nearly didn't get out of the burning building. It was a pretty close call, let me tell you!
the doctor said I'd had a close call, and was lucky to be alive
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The right-hander generated a ground ball to get the force out at home in an extremely close call, and the very next pitch was a risky fly out tracked down by Andy Pages (who entered the game after the bases were loaded).
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Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
This followed decades of close calls.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
That wasn’t the only close call Donna experienced with her young sons.
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Ciattarelli’s close call came the year before Republicans won control of the lower house of Congress, though no Republican has won the governorship there since Christie’s 2013 reelection.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2025
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Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
This followed decades of close calls.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
That wasn’t the only close call Donna experienced with her young sons.
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Ciattarelli’s close call came the year before Republicans won control of the lower house of Congress, though no Republican has won the governorship there since Christie’s 2013 reelection.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for close call
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“Close call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/close%20call. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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