How to Use close-in in a Sentence

close-in

adjective

• The exception is the close-in Yellow zone, which runs along the east side of the stadium.
  — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• Boswell struggled from the field, missing close-in shots, and from the free throw line, making only 8 of 16 from the stripe in the first half.
  — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2025
• Boswell struggled from the field, missing close-in shots, and from the free throw line, making only 8 of 16 from the stripe in the first half.
  — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2025
• The close-in magnetic field squeezes on the equator of the Sun, forcing particles to eject out of the poles.
  — Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 16 Apr. 2024
• Much of the movie’s three-hour running time is spent close-in on the faces of star Cillian Murphy and others.
  — Robert Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
• And Delta launches a nonstop to its Seattle hub from the close-in airport on March 9.
  — Edward Russell, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2025
• And Delta launches a nonstop to its Seattle hub from the close-in airport on March 9.
  — Edward Russell, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2025
• Some folks had been happy with their small, close-in apartments but now worked remotely and wanted more space.
  — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
• Some folks had been happy with their small, close-in apartments but now worked remotely and wanted more space.
  — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
• Filming will be happening close-in to Portland, Rosko says.
  — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2023
• Delta says the extra service at the close-in airport will drive down fares for visitors to the nation’s capital.
  — Wire Services, Dallas News, 18 July 2023
• Like many small, rocky planets orbiting close-in around red dwarf stars like Trappist-1, this world is expected to be tidally locked just like the moon is to Earth.
  — Eric MacK, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
• In the midst of a close-in struggle, an adrenalized person has tunnel vision and isn’t thinking of his opponent’s airway, even if they were trained in the Marines.
  — Brandon Del Pozo, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
• In the midst of a close-in struggle, an adrenalized person has tunnel vision and isn’t thinking of his opponent’s airway, even if they were trained in the Marines.
  — Brandon Del Pozo, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
• Again and again, Kornacki has shown us rural areas bathed in red on his map and urban or close-in suburbs that are firmly blue.
  — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
• The surprise came in the Midwest and Sunbelt, which saw a massive jump in exclusive zip codes — found in their urban centers, close-in suburbs, and fringe exurbs — in just a few years.
  — Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 18 Oct. 2024
• Thus, any earthlike planet close-in to the star could actually be detected.
  — Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
• Add to that the close-in communications, collaboration and the sharing of ideas.
  — Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
• Sidewalks and bike trails should receive the same priority as roads in our cities and close-in suburbs, instead of being afterthoughts.
  — The Editors, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
• Safety experts were quick to point out that Reagan National Airport, the capital’s close-in hub, is one of the nation’s most congested and delayed.
  — Barbara Peterson, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2025
• In all but highly unusual circumstances, yields on long-term Treasuries far exceed those on close-in maturities.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 16 June 2023
• But, Southwest said, the holiday headaches highlighted how the airline's systems were unable to cope with a high volume of close-in cancellations, which was a major factor behind the meltdown.
  — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
• Larkspur Capital has a track record of building apartments and townhomes in several close-in Dallas neighborhoods.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 2 May 2023
• There is, however, a favorable scenario for observing an atmosphere escaping in real time: a gas giant on a close-in orbit, also known as a hot Jupiter.
  — Dakotah Tyler, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
• Story continues below advertisement Advertisement All of the men now live in Washington or its close-in suburbs.
  — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
• In the San Francisco Bay Area, the communities with relatively high increases in housing in our study tended to be at the urban fringe, while many close-in suburbs had stagnant housing development or even a decline in units.
  — Paul G. Lewis, Fortune, 10 July 2023
• After the star died, asteroids could have been gravitationally deflected by any lingering gas giant planets into close-in orbits and torn apart.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2025
• Alaska cited strong close-in bookings for October and November and strong holiday demand, which is boosting December revenue.
  — William Gavin, Quartz, 10 Dec. 2024
• Conveniently located inside the I-435 loop, this close-in development offers easy access to major highways.
  — Reecenichols Real Estate, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2025
• In the short term, these systems will be used to counter drones as well as rockets, mortars, and other close-in aerial threats.
  — New Atlas, 17 Jan. 2026