How to Use at close range in a Sentence

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• Both men were shot at close range.
  — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
• Brophy fell to the ground, and was shot again in the chest at close range.
  — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 8 Apr. 2022
• The bullet hit the boy at close range in the torso.
  — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
• The bullet struck his son at close range in the torso.
  — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
• The 41-year-old nurse had been shot 14 times at close range.
  — Kc Baker, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
• Barreto said more than once after a whale had passed, even at close range.
  — Maggie Shipstead, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2024
• There, her family says she was shot at close range in the back of the head.
  — Haley Ott, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
• Both officers then shot Mitchell at close range, killing him.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
• As the man was leaving the area, the adult bear charged at him at close range, the agency said.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2025
• She was shot three times at close range, with a blanket wrapped around the gun to deaden the sound.
  — Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
• Paul Murdaugh was shot in the chest and head with a shotgun at close range.
  — Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2023
• Glock from his waistband and shooting Craig one time in the side at close range.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2022
• Stippling on her face meant she’d been shot at close range, the detective said.
  — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
• An autopsy found Hawkins had been shot once in the side of his face at close range.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 27 Nov. 2023
• The mother of two small children had been shot at close range several times.
  — Andrea Acosta, ABC News, 17 Nov. 2023
• That transition train and ball movement led to a slew of baskets at close range.
  — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
• Then there was some kind of altercation, and the victims were shot at close range.
  — Charlotte Observer, 24 May 2025
• The car begins to drive off, and the officer pulls the trigger, at close range.
  — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
• Stines then got closer to the judge and shot him twice at close range before leaving the chambers.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
• Jabbar shoots from behind an airbag at close range, the gun’s muzzle flashing.
  — Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
• And focusing for hours at close range leads to eye fatigue, headaches, and blurred vision.
  — Alice Oglethorpe, Men's Health, 13 Sep. 2022
• Jordan approached Mizell, pointed his firearm at him, and fired two shots at close range.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
• Okland, 27, was shot twice at close range, the document says.
  — Karen Cortes, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
• Authorities said the teenager also had been shot at close range in the back of the head.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
• Jabbar then shoots from behind an airbag at close range and the flash of the muzzle is visible.
  — Jack Brook The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
• The 6-GHz band offers fast speeds at close range but drops off sharply with distance.
  — Simon Hill, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2025
• Jordan, who is Mizell's godson, then pulled a gun out and shot Mizell twice in the head at close range.
  — Ayana Archie, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024
• Sometime after that video was taken, Paul was shot in the chest and head with a shotgun at close range.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
• Witnesses have described tear gas, pellet guns fired at close range, blood on the streets, bodies on the ground.
  — Omid Memarian, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026
• In video that captured the shooting, three shots can be heard, appearing to have been fired at close range as the man was on the ground.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 July 2026