How to Use close call in a Sentence

close call

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  • We nearly didn't get out of the burning building. It was a pretty close call, let me tell you!
  • Only then did Appling go back and look at the footage of the close call.
    — oregonlive, 29 Dec. 2021
  • That was going to be the Bulldogs’ one close call, right?
    — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The recording was taped over when the crew took off for London shortly after the close call.
    — David Koenig, ajc, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The midway pick: Donovan, in a very close call over Jenkins.
    — oregonlive, 11 Jan. 2022
  • But after his close call, Millermon is thankful just to be around to help pick up the pieces.
    — al, 27 May 2021
  • Analysts say that the result may be a close call for the long-term leader.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
  • All of us in the helicopter, we're quite shaken up by the close call, but there was nothing to be said.
    — Michael Y. Park, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Team USA also ran the table with a perfect 4-0 record, with just one close call.
    — Carol Schram, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Because of the close call with the famous trees, more of the public is paying attention to the threat and to the alarm raised three years ago.
    — Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Footage from the other deputy’s body camera offers a better look at the close call.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Yeltsin's nuclear briefcase Even the end of the Cold War in 1991 didn't spell an end to hair-raising close calls.
    — Rebecca Messina, theweek, 25 Apr. 2024
  • At least one local television station showed the twists, turns and close calls live on the air.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The cases of these boys bringing firearms to school are just two out of dozens of close calls in Arizona in recent years.
    — The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Others were spurred by a close call with a recent wildfire.
    — New York Times, 30 Oct. 2021
  • This time, the ruling wasn’t even a close call with seven of nine Justices voting to uphold the law.
    — Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • But that was the Crusaders’ one close call in a remarkable league season.
    — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The close call puts in stark relief the significance of a position that is a heartbeat away from the presidency.
    — Steve Peoples, Fortune, 15 July 2024

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