1.   At one point in the interview, he seemed close to tears.

2.   From the hacienda and from the lovely view that her balcony gave of the mountains they had seemed quite close.

3.   In the middle of the game Kasparov, seemed perilously close to a loss.

4.   On the right, victory seems so close that there has already been infighting over future seats in parliament and ministerial portfolios.

5.   The old dog could barely whimper and seemed close to death.

6.   Their descriptions seem sufficiently close to one another to be taken as descriptions of the same divine being.

7.   We heard a series of explosions.

8.   They seemed quite close by.

9.   Hong Kong used to be renowned for its bargains, but most prices there seemed pretty close to what they are in London.