How to Use close quarters in a Sentence

close quarters

plural noun
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  • Scump had to retreat to the bomb site and play in close quarters.
    — Dallas News, 29 May 2022
  • 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
  • The parents did not like the idea of teens in close quarters in cabins.
    — David Sharp, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2020
  • Many live and work in close quarters, which can spread the disease.
    — Author: Nicholas K. Geranios, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2020
  • Many parents have been in close quarters with their kids for the past year and a half.
    — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 14 Aug. 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
  • 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
  • They are housed in close quarters and are often in poor health.
    — Lauren Castle, azcentral, 23 Mar. 2020
  • The set was designed to suggest the close quarters of a discotheque.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • Some feared coughing in close quarters; others couldn’t make the rent.
    — Megan Ditrolio, Marie Claire, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Many abusers and victims are in close quarters, day and night, during Covid-19.
    — Laken Brooks, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • Both were stuck in their Richmond rental working in close quarters 40 hours a week.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • His workshop is full of elves making toys in close quarters.
    — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • Plus, young kids by nature play in close quarters with each other.
    — Cassidy Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 May 2020
  • And with all the teams in close quarters for the week, any buzz a player can generate in Mobile spreads quickly.
    — Gentry Estes, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2018
  • And if in shelters, the homeless live and sleep in close quarters – the kind of place where the virus can potentially spread rapidly.
    — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 17 Mar. 2020
  • The new bullpup shotgun, a pump action gun with a sleek finish, is designed for close quarters.
    — Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2022
  • It was sidelined in Guam but sailors were still living in close quarters on board as the virus spread unabated.
    — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Behind a thirty-foot wall, 1600 of us live in close quarters on open-tier cellblocks stacked four or five floors high.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Others turned to more drugs, more dancing and closer quarters with friends.
    — Simon Rust Lamb, Billboard, 20 June 2019
  • But can their friendship survive in such close quarters?
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 13 Jan. 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
  • 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
  • These were the people who were in close quarters; immigrants and soldiers.
    — Kitty Leshay, Courant Community, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Many are concerned with people locked in close quarters for such a long period of time.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2020
  • The band usually works in close quarters, rehearsing in a shed in Tate’s backyard.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2024

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