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
His snapping glove save on Jason Chimera's close shot off a rebound earned Pavelec a standing ovation near the midway point of the period.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2013
Now a close shot of a prisoner, with a stubbled and dirty face, flanked by two Angels in their neat black uniforms.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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