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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Following the close call, Rollins took the microphone and agreed to the mixed tag match for Wrestlepalooza on behalf of himself and his wife.
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Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
The incident is the latest close call at Washington’s Reagan National Airport since the beginning of the year.
—Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
With multiple overtime games, upsets and close calls, Week 2 provided a lot of reasons to shake up this week’s edition of The Athletic 136, just not at the top.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Then again, close calls against FCS teams – and Northern Colorado isn’t a particularly good FCS team – tend to look even worse in hindsight.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
The incident is the latest close call at Washington’s Reagan National Airport since the beginning of the year.
—Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
With multiple overtime games, upsets and close calls, Week 2 provided a lot of reasons to shake up this week’s edition of The Athletic 136, just not at the top.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Then again, close calls against FCS teams – and Northern Colorado isn’t a particularly good FCS team – tend to look even worse in hindsight.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 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 15 Sep. 2025.
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