The metaphor of the subterranean is at work in a lot of Northwest writers and artists. Zooming in closer and closer and closer, then below, to the worms and the centipede.

It is good to get the racing closer to the spectators.

I'm deeply involved in making the race closer and tighter and safer.

Once you get older, you get a little closer to yourself, intimate.

The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are.

I like thrillers. My style of movies are closer to thrillers.

If I held you any closer I would be on the other side of you.

We're getting closer to our nature.

The closer I got to Essex 2nds, the more technical I got with my batting.

My sense of humor lies a little closer to the middle.

I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James.

Families can get torn apart and never recover or they grow even closer.

Startups were thriving in Los Angeles when Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard were closer to the nursery than they were the garage.

I thought writing about somebody current would be a little closer to what I'm used to doing.

What I'm talking about, what I strongly suggest to people, is that they should get closer to the people they're with.

There are so many different types of games, so it helps bring people closer together.

He once had his toes amputated so he could stand closer to the bar.

When I was young, I went to a church where the lighter-skinned you were, the closer you sat to the altar.

My feeling or philosophy is closer to Taoism and Zen Buddhism, 'cause it's the most practical.

I've said a few times the Bundesliga is closer to the Premier League than the Liga.