Had I not actually experienced this close-knit triple relationship I should not have believed it possible.

He got annoyed and told me he has close-knit relationships with his clients.

The joint venture will solidify what has been an informal but increasingly close-knit relationship between Mitsubishi Trust and Chicago Research.

The trio's close-knit relationship, so crucial to each of them as developing artists, dissolved long ago in the way that intense and competitive collaborations sometimes do.

It was funny how things had changed, brought about a close-knit relationship in a family which hitherto had gone their separate ways.

Thanks to their close-knit relationship with agencies of the central government, the banks would find it hard to relocate their headquarters in protest.

He agreed, and the two began what evolved into a close-knit relationship.

It was in the 1940s that Chernenko established a close-knit relationship with Fyodor Kulakov.

"I think it's more of a sign of a close-knit relationship than a refusal to grow up," she said.

"There's a very close-knit relationship with industry, and it's too close when any individual can derive a profit from that relationship."