A close-knit family. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I mean, obviously, this is a very close-knit community. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 26, 2005] Reference
But as you said, yes, a community that is very close-knit. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2006] Reference
Relatives say they were part of a close-knit skydiving group. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2007] Reference
By all accounts the Phillipses were a close-knit, loving family. From Wordnik.com. [Once More To The Lake] Reference
Many people in this community, it's a very close-knit community. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 6, 2009] Reference
Anger or lusting, two close-knit cousins — clutch what it takes. From Wordnik.com. [Snowed-in March Against the Beautiful Pain Memory of Love, A Ghazal] Reference
It's still a gathering place for this close-knit mining community. From Wordnik.com. [Sadness Swells Across W.Va. Mining Communities] Reference
KUHN: The crime is perfect for the close-knit environment of the hutongs. From Wordnik.com. [Crime And Consequences In Beijing's Back Alleys] Reference
Mr. Kipling charms us when he tells, in his close-knit verse, of the 'wooded, dim. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Developments in European Thought] Reference
Beaufort County is a close-knit community with our military friends and neighbors. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 23, 2007] Reference
Beaufort County is a close-knit community with the military friends and neighbors. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2007] Reference
Madras is a tiny close-knit farming community in the high desert of central Oregon. From Wordnik.com. [‘Devastated’] Reference
The latinos in town were very close-knit, having lived their entire lives together. From Wordnik.com. [Bloody Knuckles] Reference
PHILLIPS: A devastating blow to a close-knit sky diving community that ends in tragedy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2007] Reference
There's a special camaraderie to every profession, but campaign politics is really close-knit. From Wordnik.com. [Love, War & Running For President] Reference
The traders were friends and neighbors; many were members of the close-knit Mennonite community. From Wordnik.com. [A Flood Of Flowers] Reference
This close-knit community prides itself on protecting its culture and you're either in it or out. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 22, 2006] Reference
And it seems to be that the Yankees and baseball in general are almost like a very close-knit family. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 11, 2006] Reference
He was from a sober, close-knit north-of-France family, serious, hardworking, with little financial ease. From Wordnik.com. [An Insider's Glimpse] Reference
At their best, small high schools can become close-knit learning communities that help kids stay motivated. From Wordnik.com. [The Battle Over Size] Reference
I think that, taken as a close-knit whole, they are sufficient to justify the acts of the Government of the. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why?] Reference
Only a close-knit, automatic response to telepathic command, forty fast-black robot ships, were of any use. From Wordnik.com. [Oberheim (Voices)] Reference
Its religious devotion and close-knit community are beautiful, although some find it claustrophobic and leave. From Wordnik.com. [Who's The Real Karmapa?] Reference
"OUR TOWN" Damascus Theatre Company explores the connections of close-knit families in Thornton Wilder's play. From Wordnik.com. [Montgomery County arts, entertainment events] Reference
It's a little easier in the close-knit Kwan family, where skating triumphs don't outrank old-fashioned virtues. From Wordnik.com. [Iron Will, Golden Dreams] Reference
His family looked on in anguish as he began drinking too much and isolating himself from their close-knit clan. From Wordnik.com. [BATTLING THE EFFECTS OF WAR] Reference
This week the close-knit community of 420 will mark the 60th anniversary of the massacre with a quiet ceremony. From Wordnik.com. [Purging Its Demons] Reference
The Virginia Tech community is a very close-knit family, and we are still grieving for our lost family members. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2007] Reference
In fact, there was nothing which we did not need -- and most of all we needed a sense of close-knit cooperation. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
GRACE: And tonight, a close-knit southwest Florida community reeling after a 6-year-old boy vanishes into thin air. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 4, 2009] Reference
Not every place is as close-knit or in an affluent county like Fairfax, with gold-plated community services, he said. From Wordnik.com. [Developer John Freeman has created a tiny utopia at Kingsley Commons] Reference
If this be so, then unity through trade and finance will be less universal, but more close-knit in its narrower scope. From Wordnik.com. [The Unity of Civilization] Reference
It's a close-knit clan: in addition to Carolyn there are four sons, 16 grandchildren and a great-grandchild on the way. From Wordnik.com. [Love And Loss] Reference
Meanwhile, people in this close-knit rural Virginia county are still puzzling over exactly how and why the fights began. From Wordnik.com. [Li'l Rascals Fight Club] Reference
If we returned to living in our close-knit older cities and towns, we could save gas and still enjoy the SUV on weekends. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL: POOR, HELPLESS AND CAUGHT IN HARM'S WA] Reference
In one sense at least, the modern Israelis had not changed from the turbulent and close-knit times of the 1950's and 60's. From Wordnik.com. [Oberheim (Voices)] Reference
LISA DEMAREE, PARENT SUING WALMART: You know, we have a really close-knit family and a lot of extended family and friends. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2009] Reference
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