How to Use too close for comfort in a Sentence

too close for comfort

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• For some, having their mom as a roommate might be too close for comfort.
  — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 5 Aug. 2024
• If the polls are any guide, the recall election is too close for comfort.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 28 Aug. 2021
• Passed with relative ease, even if things got way too close for comfort late.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
• Yes, rush-hour commutes are a pain and the next-door neighbors might be too close for comfort.
  — David Martindale, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
• This was getting a bit too close for comfort to a Maid-Rite.
  — Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 15 Jan. 2026
• Rather, what drove her to the gun shop was her sense that violent crime was coming too close for comfort.
  — Washington Post, 10 July 2021
• Navarro and myself are a little too close for comfort, the wife did send me a text message.
  — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
• Yes, the game was too close for comfort, but a win is a win, even against a 17-point underdog.
  — Dallas News, 12 Dec. 2022
• Now, Berlin wonders if its partner has gotten too close for comfort.
  — Bertrand Benoit, WSJ, 13 July 2023
• But there were some contests, even in some of the party’s strongholds, that ended up being too close for comfort.
  — Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 5 July 2024
• Things are getting a bit too close for comfort on The White Lotus.
  — Liza Esquibias, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
• Of course, even the most private of residences in New York can be too close for comfort.
  — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 13 July 2023
• If your neighbors are a little too close for comfort, consider adding a room divider or screen to your patio set-up.
  — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 5 Feb. 2026
• But many residents, visitors and officials said the fire was much too close for comfort.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2021
• That means removing deer feeders and other attractants that draw wildlife too close for comfort.
  — Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
• For the third straight game, the Clippers were in a contest too close for comfort that challenged their composure.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
• Little did Metsa or his teammates know that goal would end up being the decider in a game that got too close for comfort.
  — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
• The 15-minute airport theory guidance is cutting it way too close for comfort.
  — Brittany Anas, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
• The Giants keep it too close for comfort into the third quarter, but the Chiefs find a way to come home with their first win.
  — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
• There are multiple moments throughout the play that seemed a little too close for comfort to Caillat.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
• That one, in a game that had become a little too close for comfort, gave Flower Mound a 6-3 lead.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 11 June 2023
• Do the allusions and shout-outs to current events and personalities seem a little too close for comfort?
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
• At this point, Kristen Wiig and Jon Hamm are far from getting too close for comfort.
  — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 4 June 2024
• The game’s final minutes were no doubt a little too close for comfort, but Mizzou’s lead swelled to 13 at one point in the second half.
  — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 14 Jan. 2026
• While scientists agree that objects in that list are too far apart to collide, and likely won’t, there’s no consensus on what distance is too close for comfort.
  — Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 3 Feb. 2022
• We were all largely confined to our homes, and here was a work that was to explore the worst of humanity during a crisis that made the game feel too close for comfort.
  — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
• Her relationship with her assistant, Simone, seems too close for comfort.
  — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 July 2024
• The bullpen was uncharacteristically shaky, the eighth inning was upside down and the final score was a bit too close for comfort.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 23 Apr. 2023
• The presidential election is too close for comfort for either side, and a loss would be too devastating to be accompanied by canapes.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
• Your guests will be able to experience the thrill of majestic animals like lions and panthers without getting too close for comfort.
  — Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, 1 Dec. 2022