Examples of 'was this close' in a sentence

Meaning of "was this close"

Was this close: colloquial expression used to convey a narrow miss or narrowly avoiding a negative outcome

How to use "was this close" in a sentence

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was this close
I was this close to getting back in the car.
It means that she was this close to escaping.
I was this close to biting it off last week.
I did not know that it was this close to my home.
I was this close to unlocking a memory about my mother.
That thing was this close to you.
I was this close to arresting you this morning.
I had no idea the village was this close.
He was this close to finding the first of them.
I did not even know she was this close.
I was this close to getting the ring back.
I did not realize it was this close to home.
He was this close to taking everything from you.
That bison was this close.
I was this close to dying for two weeks.

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That person was this close to me.
I was this close to getting those two girls.
I did not realize she was this close.
I was this close away from killing my sister.
But neither one was this cLose.
I was this close to doing something the other day.
I let him out of my sight and he was this close to gone.
I was this close to starting my own little enterprise.
You know that dart was this close to killing you.
I was this close to working on an agreement with them.
I did not realize it was this close.
She was this close to falling for you.
But tonight i was this close.
He was this close from giving up his partner.
And especially not for me who was this close to a release date.
I was this close to driving to the next town.
Neither was this close.
I was this close to letting them have it there.
I heard it was this close.
It was this close from becoming a barroom brawl.
She will know that she was this close to getting voted off.
I was this close to getting laid last night.
My life was this close.
I was this close to taking that cigar and.
This was the first time she was this close to a man.
Claimed he was this close to something real good.
The deterioration had almost completely covered my whole body and I was this close from.
Rich was this close to leaving last week.
I was strangled once and I was this close to dying.
My life was this close to becoming a french farce.
I mean I have heard of it but I did not realize it was this close to home.
I was this close to smashing him in the gob.
I had no idea it was this close to Whitsun.
I was this close to convincing her to get treatment.
Not to mention that I was this close to confiscating it.

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