close shot
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of close shot
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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The camera cut to a close shot of Ross, who said “I love Robert Kraft.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2024
Look at him, smiling, cream smeared over his wet pink lips, the word “DERICIOUS” garbled through a mouth full of spit, the close shot of his eyes, watery and afraid.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 29, 2019
The boy made a close shot to applause.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 19, 2017
He faked a shot and then threw a cross-field pass to senior Brian Schultz, a Walkersville High grad, who scored on a close shot.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2014
I'm glad my hiding place makes it impossible for the cameras to get a close shot of me because I'm biting my nails like there's no tomorrow.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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