How to Use up close in a Sentence

up close

adverb or adjective

• To meet them, to hear from them, and to see their fight up close.
  — Samantha Barry, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2023
• The mission is the first to study a metal-rich space rock up close.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
• To see her up close in that way and be able to study that is the greatest gift.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Feb. 2023
• And up close, the best star in the universe—our sun—is an orangey sphere of flame.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2023
• The trade-off, of course, was seeing fewer species up close.
  — Elaine Glusac, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2022
• Book a kayak tour through the mangroves to see Keys ecosystems up close, and then find a place to relax.
  — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 30 June 2023
• Telescopes are a great way to help kids explore the galaxy and see the planets up close.
  — Jen McCaffery, Popular Science, 21 June 2023
• Now that the wait is nearly over, The Times is getting up close and personal with the cast.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2022
• Heads up: The seams on the ornament are raised and very visible up close.
  — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2023
• To see it in action, up close, is a whole different thing.
  — P.j. Brown, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
• Visitors to the museum will be able to inspect the gouge up close.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2022
• Flocks of A-listers from the worlds of music, sport, fashion and film descend onto the track to catch a glimpse of the drivers and the cars up close.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
• Just ask guides who know the river up close and personal.
  — Pete Zimowsky, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• Experience Riverfest and the fireworks up close with the best view in town.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2023
• He’s observed fame up close, both in his own life and among the guests on his show, megawatt stars who can’t leave the house without being mobbed.
  — Kate Tuttle, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
• He’s seen him up close for years, and he’s seen what kind of leader the new starting quarterback can be.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2023
• This type of near-Earth object hasn’t been studied up close before.
  — Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
• One of the best ways to examine a tree for dying twigs is by getting up close to its leaves and branches.
  — Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022
• Gwyneth Paltrow wants to give her fans the star treatment up close and personal.
  — USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
• But the novelty of seeing Big Stars up close wore off fast, along with my zeal about breakfast.
  — Time, 21 Aug. 2023
• To be able to see it up close and be in a scene with him – even just for a couple of days – was extraordinary.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
• But this was so up close and personal with these two women.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2023
• Corsages are such a big prom tradition, so why not take a pic that captures it up close?
  — Thalia Ortiz, Seventeen, 26 Jan. 2023
• Unlike most other one-off Ferraris, this one has a pretty clear way for fans to see it up close.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 11 July 2023
• This will be the last chance for guests to see the space shuttle up close for years before Endeavour will be on view again at the space center.
  — Saumya Gupta, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
• And, of course, the Razorbacks got real up close and personal with the Longhorns last season.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 20 July 2022
• Place the clear compartment of this tool over the bug, push the slider down to trap it inside, and watch it up close with the magnifying glass.
  — Martin Cizmar, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2023
• In truth, up close, even his turnovers often look purposeful.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• The James Webb Space Telescope has seen our galaxy up close and personal.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2022
• Experts have not analyzed the remains up close, nor has the data been released to the public.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024