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

His gesticulation was relaxed and natural, and his unadorned interpretations of standards like “The Nearness of You,” “You’ll Never Know” and “How Deep Is the Ocean” were impeccable.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2015

He cradled it in his arms as if it were a toddler and began to pluck “The Nearness of You.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2015

Nearness to God is essential if we are to be used of God.

From The Personal Touch by Chapman, J. Wilbur