Closest

Examples

• I am here as his closest friend, the Major resumed, and the executor of his will. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Nor will the closest inspection of a formation give us any idea of the length of time which its deposition may have consumed. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The double motion is a kind of a double tie, and binds the objects together in the closest and most intimate manner. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Did they tell thee where would be the closest point to find General Golz's headquarters? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Instantly he drew his long-sword, and thus evenly armed we set to in earnest for one of the closest battles I ever have fought. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The poor fellow felt that his dearest pleasure and closest friend was taken from him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• His difficulty was increased by Mr. Smallweed's being deaf as well as suspicious and watching his face with the closest attention. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Altogether there is the closest identity in character and behaviour between illegitimate plants and hybrids. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• I believe, on the closest examination, their discoveries amounted to very little. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• His closest friends were two highly talented brothers, Faizi and Abul Fazl, the sons of a learned free-thinker. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Quadruple the air patrol, and let every man who leaves the city by air or ground be subjected to the closest scrutiny. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• And when a cross has been made, the closest selection is far more indispensable even than in ordinary cases. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• In his closest meditations the life-long habit of Mr. Bulstrode's mind clad his most egoistic terrors in doctrinal references to superhuman ends. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• If the legislature represents the sovereign people, then it is surely necessary for the ministers to be in the closest touch with their sovereign. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• My closest observations of her detected but one serious result of the conspiracy which had once threatened her reason and her life. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• We shall begin with the topic of method, since that lies closest to the considerations of the last chapter. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

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