How to Use up close in a Sentence

up close

adverb or adjective
  • To meet them, to hear from them, and to see their fight up close.
    Samantha Barry, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The mangrove is a tree who grows up close to the ocean and our creek(s) here.
    Maggie Andresen, Scientific American, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The mission is the first to study a metal-rich space rock up close.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
  • To see her up close in that way and be able to study that is the greatest gift.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Ward has seen Martinez up close over the past two years when both were in the Pac-12.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 July 2024
  • And up close, the best star in the universe—our sun—is an orangey sphere of flame.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Many have watched at a distance, in the news headlines and in the stats, but not up close.
    Celine Gounder, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2021
  • The trade-off, of course, was seeing fewer species up close.
    Elaine Glusac, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2022
  • This son of Not This Time has tactical speed and should be up close from the start.
    Jeff Nahill, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2022
  • Pro tip: Grab a seat at the counter to watch the masterful cooking up close.
    Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2024
  • What is the best way for travelers to explore or see the cenotes up close?
    Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2021
  • In Jacksonville, investors made up close to 30% of home sales.
    Julia Horowitz, CNN, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Book a kayak tour through the mangroves to see Keys ecosystems up close, and then find a place to relax.
    Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 30 June 2023
  • Telescopes are a great way to help kids explore the galaxy and see the planets up close.
    Jen McCaffery, Popular Science, 21 June 2023
  • Soon enough, us mere mortals will be given the chance to see the gem, and many others, up close.
    Leena Kim, Town & Country, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Now that the wait is nearly over, The Times is getting up close and personal with the cast.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2022
  • Heads up: The seams on the ornament are raised and very visible up close.
    Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2023
  • To see it in action, up close, is a whole different thing.
    P.j. Brown, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The final time that Jackson was up close to King would come two years later, in 1968.
    Scott Talley, Freep.com, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Seeing it up close involves an easy half-mile hike on a loop trail.
    Dan Fellner, The Arizona Republic, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Lift your right leg and bring it up so bring your right foot up close to your shoulder so that your foot is flat on the ground.
    Greg Presto, Men's Health, 9 June 2022
  • Visitors to the museum will be able to inspect the gouge up close.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Patrick Tracy of Mundelein, Ill., has seen the disconnect up close.
    New York Times, 4 Feb. 2022
  • To children, parents are, in a sense, like paintings seen up close.
    Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2022
  • To be up close and personal like that, Lord Jesus help us all.
    Forrest Brown, CNN, 31 Jan. 2022
  • There’s a narrow, 3.5-mile-long road there, on a marshy slit of land off the Atlantic Ocean, that’s worth seeing up close.
    Clifton Leaf, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Flocks of A-listers from the worlds of music, sport, fashion and film descend onto the track to catch a glimpse of the drivers and the cars up close.
    Ben Church, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Just ask guides who know the river up close and personal.
    Pete Zimowsky, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Normal aging can cause the eyes' lens to lose their ability to focus on objects up close.
    Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Seeing pandas up close is a unique opportunity to learn about the at-risk species while also raising vital funds to support research.
    Kelly Bowman, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024

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