His loss touches us all, especially those who had become close to him.

She became close to them and wrote several more books with them.

The officers tend to become close to each other, insulated from the community, he said.

My husband has become especially close to the new President.

"In the last few years, I have become very close to them, and they to me," he said.

Such children may worry about becoming close to their friends for fear they'll be rejected because they're different.

He became close to Saha and joined his research group.

I have become very close to Mother in such a short time.

I realized at once that I had to become close to him again.

Gravity caused the atoms in the Sun to become very close to each other.