close-knit
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of close-knit
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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In the aftermath, Anderson remembers being supported by his family, friends and close-knit tennis community, which he was not sure he "expected" and felt "fortunate" to receive.
From BBC
Selena soon finds herself welcomed into the quirky community, a close-knit group that scrapes by on the seasonal influx of tourist dollars and a year-round system of mutual aid.
When he died, in October 2006, snooker's close-knit fraternity lost one of its most popular brothers.
From BBC
It tracks that a megastar like Jay would be surrounded by a close-knit circle of people managing his life, which led to Baumbach and Mortimer exploring those complicated relationships.
From Los Angeles Times
In our romantic life, we more closely resemble these social, close-knit mongooses than we do our primate cousins, a "league table" of monogamy compiled by scientists suggests.
From BBC
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