nearness

Example Sentences

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Ms Prempeh's latest exhibition, The Nearness of Elsewhere, is inspired by her African-Caribbean heritage alongside her recent time spent in Hull.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

Nearness — feeling your hands in the soil and viscerally understanding that a different world is possible — is necessary for change.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2022

“Everyone is drowning in content,” said Casper ter Kuile, an author who used Geneva to co-found a community for people interested in spirituality called The Nearness which has over 200 members.

From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2022

He said he would add certain songs into the screenplay, like “The Nearness of You,” and his writing would be guided by them.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2020

The captain's might, and mystery of the seer—   Remoteness of Jehovah's colloquist, Nearness of man's heaven-advocate—are here:   Alone Mount Nebo's harsh foreshadow is miss'd.

From The Poems of William Watson by Watson, William