They all moved in about her, in a close circle.

They tend to be talkative only among a close circle of friends.

"I hadn't yet developed a close circle of friends because I went home so much," she said.

She has a very close circle of friends and family.

He never really talked about anyone other than his close circle of buddies.

The idea started as just a joke among a close circle of friends.

Within those close circles, a number of people said they felt betrayed.

He looked at the close circle of advisers around him.

The fact she had this disease was not widely known outside her close circle of friends and family.

He was also one of the members of his close circle.