How to Use close quarters in a Sentence

close quarters

plural noun
  • The close quarters mean that no one stayed a stranger for long.
    — Stephanie Wu, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2020
  • They are housed in close quarters and are often in poor health.
    — Lauren Castle, azcentral, 23 Mar. 2020
  • Scump had to retreat to the bomb site and play in close quarters.
    — Dallas News, 29 May 2022
  • Many live and work in close quarters, which can spread the disease.
    — Author: Nicholas K. Geranios, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2020
  • Face masks are believed to help stop the spread of the virus when in close quarters.
    — Edmund Demarche | Fox News, Fox News, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Many parents have been in close quarters with their kids for the past year and a half.
    — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2021
  • The parents did not like the idea of teens in close quarters in cabins.
    — David Sharp, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2020
  • Plus, young kids by nature play in close quarters with each other.
    — Cassidy Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 May 2020
  • Some feared coughing in close quarters; others couldn’t make the rent.
    — Megan Ditrolio, Marie Claire, 20 Apr. 2021
  • On top of the close quarters, keep in mind that a duplex means twice the amount of upkeep.
    — Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2022
  • There are hundreds of others who live like him in close quarters, no more than a few feet away.
    — Amanat Khullar, Quartz India, 17 Mar. 2020
  • The set was designed to suggest the close quarters of a discotheque.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The close quarters remain one of the biggest challenges for the six who live there now.
    — Kayla Levy, Curbed, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Others turned to more drugs, more dancing and closer quarters with friends.
    — Simon Rust Lamb, Billboard, 20 June 2019
  • But on its own terms in these close quarters, two hours felt like just the right number of courses for a full meal.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 13 May 2025
  • Guard members were photographed in close quarters and without masks.
    — Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2021
  • Many are concerned with people locked in close quarters for such a long period of time.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2020
  • With the team in such close quarters, from plane rides to the clubhouse and the hotel, the flu can spread rapidly.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2018
  • As the number of people living in close quarters grew, pits no longer sufficed.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New York Review of Books, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Short tempers and close quarters can lead you to lash out against your relatives or roommates.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Michael said the hardest part of the journey was being in such close quarters with each other for so long.
    — Maddie Browning, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Cruise ships have been struck by outbreaks of diseases like norovirus, which can spread quickly in a ship's close quarters.
    — ABC News, 5 May 2026
  • Cruise ships have been struck by outbreaks of diseases like norovirus, which can spread quickly in a ship’s close quarters.
    — Sam McNeil, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • The new bullpup shotgun, a pump action gun with a sleek finish, is designed for close quarters.
    — Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2022
  • There’s a mirthful sparkle to the crowd, guests and crew alike, made even more apparent by our close quarters on the train.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2024
  • These were the people who were in close quarters; immigrants and soldiers.
    — Kitty Leshay, Courant Community, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Both were stuck in their Richmond rental working in close quarters 40 hours a week.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Yet the rules of their workplaces — and the need to keep food moving — pressure them to work in close quarters, even when sick.
    — Michael Grabell, ProPublica, 28 Mar. 2020
  • Inside, workers and equipment shared close quarters amid the stacks of pallets.
    — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • School, sports, after-school clubs, and the bustling cafeteria put teens in close quarters with each other.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2021

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