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How to use nearest in a sentence

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The nearest trashcan became a basketball hoop as I tossed my wadded paper plate into it.
The branches of the nearest trees practically touch our home, ever beckoning us into the hundred acre wood.
Assignment of local standard times was based on the nearest standard meridian to the east of the simulation longitude.
The nearest university is a six to eight hours drive, so many of the children go on to work in a nearby factory doing menial labour.
At the nearest turning he waited till the silhouette of the three persons melted into the distance and disappeared.
The laser was positioned with a combination of beam splitters, mirrors and lenses to create a vibration-sensitive projection on the nearest wall.
Fellow soldiers applied tourniquets to stop Covington from bleeding to death and medivacked him to the nearest hospital.
In my time, the nearest we got to a trophy was winning the old second division.
Fortunately for me I'm lucky to have a child who thinks for himself, who is open to the idea that we don't have to follow the nearest crowd.
Newly emerged moths scurry to the nearest vertical surface, such as a wall, until their cuticles harden.
If you do not compost at home the shredded paper can be put in the paper bank at your nearest recycling facility.
He and a girlfriend moved into an old hunting shack on the banks of Lake Superior, about eight miles from the nearest town.
He looked around quickly and desperately began banging his head against the nearest wall.
Citizens packed the quay and bells rang as she landed and went straight to the nearest church to give thanks for her safe arrival.
But, even now, free shuttles cross the city's ring road to pick up customers from the nearest metro stops.
He is our nearest contemporary equivalent to Blake, our sweetest-natured screwed-up visionary.
Now I save a text message to my phone with the street name and nearest cross street.
Sometimes, the first and only sign of tetanus is a spasm of the muscles nearest to the infected wound.
Balls one to nine are racked up in a diamond with the nine ball in the middle and the one ball nearest the baulk line.
He picked it up and thrust it with a scowl into the hands of the nearest steward.
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