"close" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Every member of Quitman's staff lost his life in the close fighting on the causeway.
- There was some close fighting, and we took a few prisoners.
- This was the kind of close fighting where it was deadly.
- He had not before realized how grotesquely men could be mutilated in close fighting.
- In close fighting, he found it better to stab than try to swing an axe.
- About 150 of the rebels were killed, and 400 captured, following close fighting.
- They were useful only in close fighting since they had little accuracy.
- She'll be hard to beat, sir, I do suppose, armed as we are with only light arms for close fighting.
- They were all sweating and breathing hard, grateful for even a brief break from the close fighting.
- They were at once locked in close and desperate fighting with the guards on the wall.
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