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

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

He earned a large applause from the crowd of 400 at the event dubbed “The Nearness of You” concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room.

From Washington Times • Jan. 21, 2015

“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 Italy, the Magic Land by Whiting, Lilian