How to Use in close quarters in a Sentence

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• Richard had two knives and was yelling threats in close quarters.
  — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
• This team knows how to space, cut and pass in close quarters.
  — Cj Moore, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
• Birds of varying sizes can stress each other in close quarters.
  — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
• The stage’s surface is big enough to hold a four- or five-piece band, albeit in close quarters.
  — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 26 Jan. 2023
• Cats can then cough on their owners in close quarters, and thus transmit pneumonic plague.
  — Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
• His method was to put characters with clashing worldviews in close quarters.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2022
• When cleaning protocols break down, those germs can spread rapidly in close quarters.
  — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 14 Mar. 2026
• Now that lockdowns have eased and more people are willing to be in close quarters, the series is back on track.
  — Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• The virus commonly spreads in close quarters, which is why outbreaks often occur in dorms and on cruise ships.
  — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
• On the flip side, if all the family is hunkered down in close quarters, give yourself grace and take breaks of alone time to recharge.
  — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
• Outbreaks are common in schools, hospitals, dorms, and cruise ships, where people are in close quarters.
  — Brandi Jones, Msn-Ed, Health, 10 Oct. 2024
• Has a lanky frame, but needs to get stronger in order to have success in close quarters and in contact situations.
  — Kyle Woodlief, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
• Barrage, too, can be devastating in close quarters and tight spaces.
  — Matt Gardner, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
• What ensues is a series of astonishing fight scenes, all choreographed and shot in close quarters.
  — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 5 July 2024
• Bunk beds are arranged side-by-side for up to four families, frequently putting parents with young children in close quarters.
  — ABC News, 28 Feb. 2026
• Bunk beds are arranged side-by-side for up to four families, frequently putting parents with young children in close quarters.
  — Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026
• The design on the end of the pen is intentionally crafted to be used to jab and break away when in close quarters with an attacker.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 27 July 2023
• Relationship trouble begins to form between the young couple and mother as they're forced to live in close quarters.
  — Kara Thompson, Town & Country, 3 Mar. 2022
• The family has had some experience staying in close quarters.
  — Washington Post, 31 July 2021
• The contagiousness of the virus paired with people being in close quarters during the winter months is often what drives surges in cases.
  — Korin Miller, Health, 23 Feb. 2024
• One of the labor conditions provoking discontent was that healthy workers could be confined in close quarters with ones who were sick.
  — Jeffrey Wasserstrom, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2022
• No one wants to sleep miserably in close quarters in the summer heat, and newer models of houseboats should be equipped with AC.
  — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2024
• Pontoon boats, especially large ones, can be notoriously hard to handle in close quarters and at slow speeds.
  — Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2023
• Experts fear that dense winter-feeding grounds — where whales, seabirds, and humans converge in close quarters — could become hot zones for a major outbreak.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2025
• Scientists have linked norovirus’s cold tolerance, along with more people being indoors in close quarters, to its prevalence in winter.
  — Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 14 Mar. 2023
• Crews-Dezurn is known for her grit, her ability to thrive in close quarters, and her willingness to drag opponents into deep waters.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
• After the round, Santillan’s corner worked the cut and the bleeding slowed as the two continued to trade blows in close quarters fighting through the eighth.
  — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2022
• Noise and vibration are common concerns with small wind turbines, particularly in close quarters.
  — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2026
• Wilkie said Majestic has searched across the globe for places where historic buildings and new construction complement each other in close quarters.
  — Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2024
• In order to keep their farms at scale, farmers must keep animals in close quarters and constantly till the same area of land, not allowing the soil to regenerate.
  — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 16 Mar. 2023