How to Use close in a Sentence

close

1 of 4 verb

• The box's lid closed with a bang.
• Close the lid on the box tightly.
• I forgot to close the gate.
• Close your eyes and go to sleep.
• I closed my fists and got ready to fight.
• Please close your books and put them under your desks.
• We had better close the windows; it looks like it's going to rain.
• Remember to close the box of cereal when you're done.
• The door opened and closed so quietly that I didn't notice he had come in the room.
• She was having trouble closing the drawer.
• The store was closed for the day.
  — P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2026
• There were two lanes closed at the time.
  — Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
• Due to the crowds, some streets may be closed.
  — Terell Bailey, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
• Pease closed the week with four medals, three gold.
  — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
• Who cares what’s in there once the bin lid is closed?
  — John Hodgman, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• At some point in the night, the front door opened and closed.
  — Andrea Bajani, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
• The swing shift is about to start at a plant that is about to close.
  — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
• The account has since been closed.
  — Michelle Velez, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
• When do most roadside parks close?
  — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
• Michael then closes the car door and walks away.
  — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
• Gabriel told him he’d had to close the restaurant.
  — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
• Marcela closed her lips tight and gently shook her head.
  — Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
• Casar closed his speech by quoting Good’s wife.
  — Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 10 Jan. 2026
• Not every road will close at the same time, either.
  — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Oct. 2025
• Wilson worked to close the boot camp and others like it.
  — Miami Herald, 30 May 2026
• Going home to close things out in Game 5.
  — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
• The restaurant is closed, as is the grocer.
  — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
• For the last two years, everything has been closed.
  — Larry Seward, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
• Many home day care centers have already had to close their doors.
  — cleveland, 18 July 2023
• Renteria tried to close it, and the roommate opened it again.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2026

close

2 of 4 adjective

• Their daughters are close in age.
• We're not there yet, but we're getting close.
• We stood close together to stay warm.
• Christmas is getting closer and will soon be here.
• All but one loss has been close.
  — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
• This match, too, will not be close.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
• Their wins haven't even been that close.
  — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
• But that was as close as the Bucks would come.
  — CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
• Even those games at least had some close matchups that give us some fun.
  — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
• Here’s a closer look at the facts.
  — Dave Smith, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
• Here's a closer look at the facts.
  — CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
• Here, a closer look at three of the best.
  — Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2025
• Here’s a closer look at how that process works.
  — Allure Editors, Allure, 17 Feb. 2026
• Here’s a closer look at the rest of the bullpen.
  — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
• Gertrud would keep the girls close, one on either side.
  — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
• The closest part of the steel frames stood a dozen yards away.
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
• But that’s not the full extent of the risk; not even close.
  — David French, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
• Add a lamp on top and keep often-reached-for items close.
  — Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
• With the wrap in front of you, fold up the edge closest to you.
  — Gretchen McKay, Boston Herald, 24 June 2026
• Now, here's a closer look at what to watch for in the week ahead.
  — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2025
• Nicole Fabry opened it with two close friends.
  — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
• But that was as close as the Dodgers would come the rest of the way.
  — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
• Then, style it with jeans to hit the town for drinks with your closest friends.
  — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2026
• But the Huskers could get no closer the rest of the way.
  — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
• How close did that ever get to coming to fruition?
  — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
• On close read, the winning story does have a few tells.
  — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
• If in a forest, stay close to lower trees.
  — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
• If in a forest, stay close to lower trees.
  — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
• If in a forest, stay close to lower trees.
  — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2026
• And the margin could have been even closer.
  — Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025

close

3 of 4 adverb

• Don't drive so close to the car in front of you.
• He told me to stay close as we walked through the crowd.
• The time for a decision is drawing closer.
• They sat close together at the dinner table.
• My teammate came in third, and I finished close behind.
• Step close, feet about hip-width apart.
  — Gretchen Reynolds, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
• The game was good, nowhere close to great.
  — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
• Let’s close with words from a fan who has some.
  — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
• These Mets are nowhere close to that pace.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
• The last session was flat at close.
  — Diane Brady, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
• But those who remained grew close.
  — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
• Keep hope close, but keep facts even closer.
  — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
• We were seated close, knee-to-knee.
  — Gali Kronenberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• More about the bidding war’s close here.
  — Marissa Martinez, NBC news, 27 Feb. 2026
• When the trucks slow down, young men draw close and beat the bodies.
  — Imogen Piper, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2023
• Why did the Kewaunee plant close?
  — Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
• Over the weekend, highs could climb close to 70.
  — Joseph Dames, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
• The bullet hit close to his spine, leaving his legs numb.
  — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 June 2026
• Morris now wants to move closer to them.
  — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 25 May 2026
• The aim is to cut close where safe, back off where risky, and avoid getting stuck.
  — New Atlas, 15 Mar. 2026
• No fund in history has come close.
  — Alexander Foster, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
• The game stayed close throughout the fourth quarter.
  — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026
• Going through that has brought us closer.
  — Stephen Whyno, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2026
• Some neighbors expressed shock that tragedy had hit so close to home.
  — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
• At times, the number has risen close to 100.
  — Eric Adler april 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026
• At times, the number has risen close to 100.
  — Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
• Woodall stepped closer to the piano.
  — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
• This is not the first time in recent weeks that a deal has been described as close.
  — Arkansas Online, 24 May 2026
• But Trump’s Venezuela raid has brought us a big step closer.
  — Comfort Ero, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
• The Mets can't afford to lose their star closer.
  — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025

close

4 of 4 noun

• That era is drawing to a close.
  — Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
• Want to keep your fandom close?
  — Mike Snider, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
• The game wasn’t supposed to be this close.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
• Wreaths were also laid when the event came to a close.
  — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
• Wreaths were also laid when the event came to a close.
  — Staff Author, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
• So it's been a blessing to be here, to be this close.
  — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
• Which seems like a good time to bring this recap to a close.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
• With that, season 10 comes to a close.
  — Kristen Baldwin September 2, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• It’s been a while since Shawn Mendes has felt this close.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
• By the close, the Dow had surged 588 points.
  — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• But the time to act is quickly drawing to a close.
  — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 15 May 2026
• Notice the bold gold type, the strip of light across the close up of her face.
  — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
• Now, his tenure is coming to a close.
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
• For now, this marks the close of a storied chapter.
  — New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
• Efforts to bring the conflict to a close have so far failed.
  — Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
• Three and a half months of agony has finally come to a close.
  — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
• All three indexes marked records at the close.
  — Kavitha Shastry, CNBC, 2 June 2026
• Was that true at the close of voting on March 5?
  — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2026
• Many of them ended in not-so-close airballs.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 3 June 2026
• The venture fund’s first close is within the next month.
  — Ben Weiss, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
• Gvili's return brings to a close the first phase of the ceasefire.
  — Jordana Miller, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2026
• This is 6% above Wednesday's close.
  — Itzel Franco, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2026
• In addition, the door didn’t self-close.
  — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
• As the episode begins to draw to a close, Paula starts to get her groove back.
  — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 24 June 2026
• The stock popped at the news and was up 7% by Wednesday's close.
  — Julie Coleman, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
• The shares were worth $50 at Tuesday’s close.
  — Elsa Ohlen,angelica Peebles, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
• That’s a 34% gain from Friday’s close.
  — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 8 June 2026
• As if this weren’t enough of a doozy, the month comes to a close with the moon peaking in your sign.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
• The spring equinox comes as the solar maximum comes to a close.
  — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
• Though both have long come to a close, the cast has remained close friends throughout the years.
  — Mark Gray, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023