close grips

Example Sentences

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He had a profound respect for the wisdom of simple people who lived at close grips with the realities of life.

From Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization by Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay)

However, they were not destined to come to close grips with the enemy.

From The Boy Ranchers on the Trail by Baker, Willard F.

Then they sure got to close grips," concluded Kiddie, "and I guess he got as much as he gave.

From Kiddie the Scout by Leighton, Robert

In a way he was glad of this; like all youths he longed for excitement, and wanted to come to close grips with the thing he had set out to do.

From Tommy by Hocking, Joseph

It is no part of his calling to come to close grips, though that often happens in the confined space in which he has to work.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert