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Definition of the day : « close shave »

  • As in near : adj close by physically
  • As in near miss : noun near hit
  • As in cliffhanger : noun something suspenseful
  • As in close call : noun narrow escape
Example sentences :
  • "That was a close shave," commented the doctor, drawing a long breath.
  • Extract from : « The End of Time » by Wallace West
  • Then we did the second one, though it was a close shave for the ditch.
  • Extract from : « Danger! and Other Stories » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • He has got there just in time; it was, indeed, a close shave.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Burlesques » by H. L. Mencken
  • But it was a close shave, and the girl's hands trembled and for a minute she dropped her oar.
  • Extract from : « A Modern Tomboy » by L. T. Meade
  • They just got out of the fire by a close shave—same as we did.
  • Extract from : « The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch » by Laura Lee Hope
  • It had been a close shave, but the fort was saved for the present.
  • Extract from : « The Cryptogram » by William Murray Graydon
  • Even, with that, it would be a “close shave;” and it proved so.
  • Extract from : « The Hunters' Feast » by Mayne Reid
  • "That was a close shave, Jack," the coast-guardsman who was at the helm said.
  • Extract from : « A Chapter of Adventures » by G. A. Henty
  • I do not like a close shave, and would not let him go over me a second time.
  • Extract from : « Sketches New and Old, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • "It was a close shave, thanks to you," he said, repeating Philip's words.
  • Extract from : « Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police » by James Oliver Curwood