close quarters

Example Sentences

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Infections are a risk on cruises given the close quarters.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

McKenzie also has to provide emotional support to the team when issues like isolation and interpersonal conflict in close quarters get too much.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

“Anytime you have a gathering of kids in close quarters, you risk sharing germs,” says Elizabeth Murray, a pediatrician in Rochester, New York.

From Slate • Jan. 9, 2026

Many remembrances circulating since Reiner’s shocking murder cite the significance of Meathead and Archie Bunker’s commitment to coexist, however uncomfortable that was in such close quarters.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025

If only he could get the mouse at close quarters and stop him from using the sword, Cluny thought, then he could win with his superior strength.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques