The hunter fired at the deer at close range.The powder burns tell us that the gun was fired at close range.

I don't happen to have your application at hand at the moment.With the holiday season at hand, everyone is very excited.

The pedestrians had to walk cheek by jowl along the narrow streets.The two families lived cheek by jowl in one house.

I'm sorry, but your letter isn't close at hand. Please remind me what you said in it.When you're cooking, you should keep all the ingredients close at hand.

The soldiers closed ranks and marched on the enemy.All right! Stop that talking and close ranks.

Let's talk about this face-to-face. I don't like talking over the telephone.Many people prefer to talk face-to-face.

Anne went from door to door, selling books, to earn money for college.The children went from door to door, saying "Trick or treat!" at each one.

All the young people from far and near gathered at the high school for the game.The eagles gathered from near and far at the river where the salmon were spawning.

John is really hand in glove with Sally.The teacher and the principal work hand in glove.

They walked down the street hand in hand.Bob and Mary sat there quietly, hand in hand.

I ran as fast as I could, but the dog was still hard on my heels.Here comes Sally, and John is hard on her heels.

The airplanes—flying much too close—had a near miss.I had a near miss while driving over here.

I have a dictionary at my fingertips.I try to have everything I need at hand.I keep my medicine at my fingertips.

I have your letter of May tenth in hand.I have my pen in hand, and I'm ready to write.

That kind of thing is quite rare. Imagine it happening right in your backyard.You always think of something like that happening to someone else. You never expect to find it in your own backyard.

Do you have a pencil near at hand?My dictionary isn't near at hand.

The arrow hit the target a little off-center.The picture hanging over the chair is a little off-center.

Our garden has roses in the middle and a spruce tree off to one side.He took me off to one side to tell me the bad news.

There was a rainstorm on the heels of the windstorm.The team held a victory celebration on the heels of their winning season.

It was terribly crowded there. We were packed in like sardines.The bus was full. The passengers were packed like sardines.They packed us in like sardines.

That plane flew so low that it nearly parted my hair.He punched at me and missed. He only parted my hair.

I thought I'd lost my purse, but it was sitting on the table under my very nose.How did Mary fail to see the book? It was right under her nose.

That car nearly hit me! That was too close for comfort.When I was in the hospital, I nearly died from pneumonia. Believe me, that was too close for comfort.

The police department was located within a stone's throw of our house.We live in Carbondale, and that's just a stone's throw away from the Mississippi River.Come visit. We live just a stone's throw away.John saw Mary across the street, just a stone's throw away.Philadelphia is a stone's throw from New York City.

When the boat came within hailing distance, I asked if I could borrow some gasoline.We weren't within calling distance, so I couldn't hear what you said to me.

My goals are almost within my reach, so I know I'll succeed.We almost had the contract within our grasp, but the deal fell through at the last minute.

They approached each other eyeball to eyeball and frowned.Let's talk more when we are eyeball to eyeball.

Those two are joined at the hip. They are always together.Sam and Martha are joined at the hip.

They ran nip and tuck all the way to the finish line, but Tom won the race.It was too close to call—nip and tuck all the way.

I gotta put some distance between me and that cop—fast.You need to put some distance between you and your brother's death.She needed enough money to put some distance between herself and her hometown.

I came within an ace of getting stoned.We were within an ace of beating the alltime record.