CLOSELY in a Sentence

Learn CLOSELY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
340 example sentences for CLOSELY, such as:
1. This game is closely akin to rugby.
2. He resembles his father very closely.
3. The military base is closely guarded.
4. He was observed to follow her closely.
5. Access to the site is closely controlled.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CLOSELY
closely
 ad.  in an attentive manner
 ad.  in a close relation or position in time or space
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The same afternoon brought a grey-headed, seedy visitor, looking like a Jew pedlar, who appeared to me to be much excited, and who was closely followed by a slip-shod elderly woman.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  When he did emerge, it was in a ceremonial manner, with an escort of six dogs who closely surrounded him and growled if anyone came too near.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
3  These were large sheets of paper which had to be closely covered with writing, and as soon as they were so covered, they were burnt in the furnace.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
4  It hailed facts all day long so very hard, and life in general was opened to her as such a closely ruled ciphering-book, that assuredly she would have run away, but for only one restraint.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX
5  All closely imprisoned forces rend and destroy.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I
6  Some of them, ancient and experienced courtiers, closely imitated the example of the Prince himself, raising the goblet to their lips, and again replacing it before them.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
7  And, in the meantime," said Locksley, "we will beset the place so closely, that not so much as a fly shall carry news from thence.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
8  Well aware of the importance of taking the foe by surprise, the Black Knight, closely followed by Cedric, threw himself upon the bridge, and reached the opposite side.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
9  He then turned from the Jew, who followed him, however, as closely as his shadow.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
10  They hated her admitting she had attended so closely to such talk.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
11  Really, if you looked closely at Clifford, he was a buffoon, and a buffoon is more humiliating than a bounder.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
12  He watched her closely, as she was moving away.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
13  Maria and Julia, and especially Maria, were so closely implicated in Mr. Crawford's misconduct, that she could not give his character, such as she believed it, without betraying them.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
14  Well,' said the Jew, inspecting them closely; 'they're very good ones, very.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
15  All this time, the two boys followed him closely about: getting out of his sight, so nimbly, every time he turned round, that it was impossible to follow their motions.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
Example Sentence: (130 in 9 pages)
1  The computer model is able to mimic very closely the actions of a golfer.
2  Access to the site is closely controlled.
3  The military base is closely guarded.
4  His decision to move to London is closely allied to his ambition to become manager of the company.
5  Its brain is closely comparable to the brain of a chimpanzee.
6  She's a student and has to watch her budget closely.
7  The philosophical problems of chance and of free will are closely related.
8  My profession touches our national defense very closely.
9  It's amazing how closely Brian and Steve resemble each other.
10  We hope we can cooperate even more closely in the future.
11  He resembles his father very closely.
12  He was observed to follow her closely.
13  This game is closely akin to rugby.
14  She peered closely at her image in the mirror.
15  The party is under pressure to align itself more closely with industry.