How to Use close-knit in a Sentence

close-knit

adjective
  • Her family was, and is, close-knit.
    — Andre Mouchard, Daily News, 9 May 2026
  • The entire team is in shock, and the community is close-knit.
    — Deanna Marie Lowe, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • The entire team is in shock, and the community is close-knit.
    — CBS News, 14 June 2026
  • Milwaukee feels more compact and close-knit, in some cases.
    — Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • That is the beauty of it and the whole theatrical community is so close-knit.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The skydiving community is close-knit, and every loss is deeply felt.
    — Becca Longmire, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Their neighborhood and school make up a small and close-knit community where people know each other.
    — Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
  • His response was an indication that Mahomes and Jones are close-knit.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The population is small but close-knit, with some residents having lived here for 30 years.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The family is close-knit, intrusive, rude and menacing.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The Bruins begin the season with a versatile and close-knit roster, Grant said.
    — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Christine Errigo, a neighbor, said the community is close-knit.
    — Chandler Lutz, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The way the members of Seventeen are so close-knit and truly like brothers is something their fans, known as Carats, adore.
    — Kristine Kwak, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Local neighborhoods are so close-knit that everyone knows each other, said Allison Buell, a teacher and coach in Hammond.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
  • In fact, the Inter Miami FC star's entire family is close-knit and involved in his athletic career.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • Friends and neighbors described the family as quiet and close-knit, and authorities have said there is no indication Loureiro anticipated any threat.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Sosa previously revealed that the former DWTS partners — who remained close-knit on social media in the months following Delvey's exit from the show — were on the rocks last fall.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Leading this loud and lovingly close-knit multigenerational family is Suga Mama (Jo Marie Payton), the feisty grandma and matriarch.
    — Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The Bediako case is a nice counterexample to the favoritism argument; the first judge stepped aside when his relationship with the university, or at least the coverage and commentary surrounding it, was too close-knit to be ignored, and the second judge ruled against his alma mater.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Pressing for payment could humiliate people, who often arrive with their extended families, Parmar explained, and in a community this close-knit, that could mean losing dozens of patients, including many of the Medicaid patients who keep the clinic afloat.
    — Helen Ouyang, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Kepner's grandmother, Barbara Kepner, told ABC News in an exclusive interview that the family was close-knit — especially Anna and her 16-year-old stepbrother.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025

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