She shot Matheson in the chest when he first arrived but has been his closest link to the humans since.

It is the closest link between fish and the first amphibians (408-362 million years ago).

He was, in fact, for the best part of half a century the closest link between English artists and their French contemporaries.

T.F. Green has the closest intercity-rail-to-air link in the country.

Ann remains my closest link to my Blythe family heritage.

Suddenly the little gray box became the closest link i had to my wife.

As small, basically family-run businesses, commercial galleries are the closest link between new art and the everyday public.

She clung to me because I was the closest link to Halston.

It is very important that we maintain the closest links, as the previous speaker mentioned.

However, the closest links are those forged within the local communities.