close range

Example Sentences

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Trump later told reporters that one Secret Service agent was shot at very close range, but was saved by his bullet-proof vest.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

When the team replaced the black object with a white one and added carbon dioxide, mosquitoes were able to locate the source, but only at close range.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

Some of the pressure may have eased now that the US has relative freedom to carry out strikes at close range.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

In fact, the only bone I’ve ever broken is my thumb, in tenth grade, when a friend kicked a soccer ball into my hand at close range.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

At this close range he could perhaps make some gesture to Miss O’Hara or whisper something about Boethius that would attract her attention.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole