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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Minutes from that meeting showed the cut at the meeting was a close call, as officials expressed the likelihood of additional reductions but at a tepid pace.
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
Despite some close calls during their face off with Vecna and the Mind Flayer, the rest of the main characters manage to survive as well.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025
Those who stayed the entirety of that time lived through more scares and close calls, but nothing quite like the big one on Christmas Eve, 1955.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Tyler Freel had a close call on a horseback hunt in Idaho.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 17 Dec. 2025
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
Despite some close calls during their face off with Vecna and the Mind Flayer, the rest of the main characters manage to survive as well.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025
Those who stayed the entirety of that time lived through more scares and close calls, but nothing quite like the big one on Christmas Eve, 1955.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Tyler Freel had a close call on a horseback hunt in Idaho.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 17 Dec. 2025
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“Close call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/close%20call. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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