We're going to be getting close to the beach before long.

And so at last, feeling secure, we made our landing upon the plain, close to the beach.

Was it not natural to assume that they swam far out and came close to the beach on this side?

The current church was built in the town center, close to the beach, at the beginning of the 19th century.

I've seen plenty of whales come close to the beach.

The sea gets deep rather close to the beach in Kaputaş.

There they anchored close to the beach where a battery and some field guns could fire in support of them.

She's living close to the beach and has seen an acupuncturist for pain in her hip.

For starters, he said, "we shouldn't be building houses so close to the beach."

This was complicated because ships could not get close to the beach.