Had several close brushes with death in the war.

A close brush with death had shown her that she could indeed survive anything.

The club had another close brush with financial failure in 1997.

Another close brush with death, but what's one more of those?

Despite their close brush with death, they appear completely calm and relaxed as if nothing has happened.

In which case the close brush had probably been accidental.

The engine that drove this change wasn't his close brush with death.

It was all the sweeter because of her close brush with death.

Experts described the accident as a close brush with disaster.

Elizabeth looked none the worse for her close brush with death the previous night.