How to Use close call in a Sentence

close call

noun

• We nearly didn't get out of the burning building. It was a pretty close call, let me tell you!
• His close calls have been one part luck, and several parts the blood, sweat, and tears of his many supporters.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
• Tampa Bay is coming off a close call against the Panthers and that should grab their attention and serve them well against another non-playoff opponent.
  — Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024
• Chelsea had a close call of its own in the 23rd minute.
  — Avi Creditor, SI.com, 14 Aug. 2019
• But putting it in the No. 1 slot for the year isn’t a close call.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2019
• The good news is that the Seahawks now are on the plus side of the win-loss ledger in the close calls at 3-2.
  — Bob Condotta, The Seattle Times, 27 Nov. 2018
• And one pro surfer's very close call with a great white shark.
  — NBC News, 8 Oct. 2020
• Only then did Appling go back and look at the footage of the close call.
  — oregonlive, 29 Dec. 2021
• Second place was a close call at No. 34, but Mack gets the nod over Michaels.
  — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 9 June 2020
• There had been so many close calls, so many times when Hugo and Jamie thought, This could be the day.
  — David Wolman, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2020
• That was going to be the Bulldogs’ one close call, right?
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Apr. 2021
• The play was one of a few close calls for the speedy Staszkiewicz, who twice in the first half almost scored on long runs.
  — Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 June 2018
• The Tigers had a close call at Florida State but left with a 34-28 win.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 22 Oct. 2022
• But if there's a close call, restraint is the better course.
  — Jeffrey Toobin, CNN, 16 Aug. 2021
• After the close call, the man released the turtle back into the wild.
  — Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 2 July 2024
• Ryan Asselta: This year seems to have been a season of close calls for you.
  — Ryan Asselta, SI.com, 22 Aug. 2019
• But there were no fights and there were no crashes, even if there were close calls.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
• The Rangers’ 3-1 lead stood until the ninth, when the Dodgers fell just short of a last-gasp comeback on Pages’ close call at the plate.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
• There’s gunplay, a few close calls, some hot stunts, blah, blah, blah.
  — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Mack had his first close calls in the air during the European leg.
  — Paul Glenshaw, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2024
• The 49ers are the top seed in the NFC but survived a pair of close calls in their playoff victories.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2024
• The Austin, Texas, airport was the site of an extremely close call last month.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2023
• There was the close call caused by the fatigued controller, which occurred in April.
  — Sydney Ember, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
• Best Actress in a Leading Role Talk about a close call.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 23 Feb. 2019
• There were a couple of close calls, most recently the Gap fire in 2008.
  — Andrea Castillo, latimes.com, 7 July 2018
• The run includes a 48-0 record in the regular season in the league, but there have been some close calls.
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 21 June 2018
• The fact that the process was supported by 76 votes suggests the final vote will be a close call.
  — Matthew Bristow, Bloomberg.com, 28 Mar. 2022
• For a year, that ring stayed on my finger despite some close calls.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 18 May 2020
• The incident was one of two close calls at Logan in just one week.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
• But the close call cost Ford much of the aura of his incumbency.
  — Ron Elving, NPR, 3 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Jan 2025