close friend *

Although he was almost three times my age, we quickly became close friends.

The two men had been close friends for many years.

No, not even if they live the rest of their lives as close friends, the kind who usually tell each other everything.

I have a close friend who was a model for many years.

They have been close friends ever since the early 2000s.

They start to work together and soon become close friends.

After all, they'd become close friends over the last several months.

By 1918 all but one of my close friends were dead.

I hadn't seen him in years, and we had never really been close friends.

He also has a relationship with John, because they are close friends.