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

Mpox is unlikely to spread through casual contact, or in close quarters like on a plane or in an office or store, state health officials say.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 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

In close quarters he suffered their backwoods lubricity and knucklehead talk.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides