Examples of close call in a Sentence
We nearly didn't get out of the burning building. It was a pretty close call, let me tell you!
the doctor said I'd had a close call, and was lucky to be alive
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Those who stayed the entirety of that time lived through more scares and close calls, but nothing quite like the big one on Christmas Eve, 1955.
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Tyler Freel had a close call on a horseback hunt in Idaho.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 17 Dec. 2025
While working on this home in the Indian metropolis, the interior architect certainly faced her fair share of close calls—converting what used to be a 60-year-old office into a living space is no simple task.
—Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 16 Dec. 2025
Along the coast in Pacific Palisades and Malibu, the Getty Villa Museum—set in a Roman-style country home and filled with Greek and Roman antiquities—is welcoming visitors again after a close call with the flames.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Tyler Freel had a close call on a horseback hunt in Idaho.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 17 Dec. 2025
While working on this home in the Indian metropolis, the interior architect certainly faced her fair share of close calls—converting what used to be a 60-year-old office into a living space is no simple task.
—Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 16 Dec. 2025
Along the coast in Pacific Palisades and Malibu, the Getty Villa Museum—set in a Roman-style country home and filled with Greek and Roman antiquities—is welcoming visitors again after a close call with the flames.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for close call
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“Close call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/close%20call. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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