close atmosphere

When so many characters are involved in such obsessive self-scrutiny, the close atmosphere that results can at times induce claustrophobia.

The air was heavy with steam and a medley of evil-smelling fumes, which hung in the close atmosphere of the narrow room.

The sergeant, who had become drowsy in the close atmosphere of the tiny room, roused himself at the sound and jumped to his feet.

He walked up to the centre table, and through the close atmosphere, thick with tobacco smoke, he looked round on his assembled friends.

The hot close atmosphere of the baths was driving him towards vertigo.

A solemn, whispered laugh drifted through the close atmosphere of the room.

Despite the close atmosphere of the apartment, she was shivering with cold.

I was raised in a close religious atmosphere, Mr. Verger.

The close atmosphere of the hold might have had something to do with this, and might, in the end, be productive of the most serious results.

In the too close atmosphere of Troupe life, though, they had all very quickly caught on.