How to Use close-in in a Sentence

close-in

adjective
  • 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
  • The Bulwark is the tank of the party and focuses on close-in combat.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Thus, any earthlike planet close-in to the star could actually be detected.
    — Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 19 Feb. 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
  • In the 30th minute, Gil had a close-in right-footer blocked, then sent a 45-yarder off the top of the crossbar. Edwards, backup to Matt Turner and Petrovic the last two seasons, performed well in his fifth start of the season.
    — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2023
  • And Delta launches a nonstop to its Seattle hub from the close-in airport on March 9.
    — Edward Russell, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 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 sample is still shaped by the limits of current instruments, which favor large planets in close-in orbits, but that bias may soon ease.
    — Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • The close-in Washington suburbs are home to a handful of beautiful private clubs — all of them expensive.
    — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • Add to that the close-in communications, collaboration and the sharing of ideas.
    — Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Participants and bystanders can read close-in aerial maneuvers and radar warnings in various ways.
    — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
  • At a handful of locations, these spikes extended out to nearly a meter, looking more like lances than anything needed to ward off a close-in attack.
    — ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
  • An international team of researchers has created the most comprehensive look at flaring in a star with a close-in planet.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 25 June 2026
  • In all but highly unusual circumstances, yields on long-term Treasuries far exceed those on close-in maturities.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 16 June 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
  • 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
  • Their study shows that while some planets are destroyed during the early post-main sequence phase, Earth is likely safer than the close-in giant planets examined.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The current carrier relies on layered defenses, including surface-to-air missiles and close-in weapon systems.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Arriving early gives you a better chance of snagging a spot in a close-in lot, such as Lower South Lot 1, where tailgaters congregate.
    — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Larkspur Capital has a track record of building apartments and townhomes in several close-in Dallas neighborhoods.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 2 May 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • For city fishers at close-in locations, following a few guidelines will help protect the water, its fish and the overall tradition for future generations, experts said.
    — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 2 June 2026
  • 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

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