Put your shoes close to the fire, dear, or else go and change them.

He twisted under the blows, his head close to the fire.

They lay back, close to the fire, and the heat made the air seem thick.

She stood close to the fire naked and rubbed herself dry.

He said that for a while the dogs kept firefighters from getting close to the fire.

Only two of the five men sat close to the fire and burned the papers.

Still, she walked into the parlor, close to the fire, shivering a little.

I took a wall table for two on the other side, not quite so close to the fire.

They made room for Brian close to the purring fire.

They sat close to the fire, glad to be sipping the hot tea.