The closest emotional ties within such families are between the mother and children.

So the closest ties increasingly are limited to family members, in particular to spouses.

The King said he was working toward "the closest possible ties between Jordan and Palestine."

These were the Arab countries that had the closest historical ties with America.

In the two years since the neighboring states made peace, the King has been the Arab leader with the closest ties to Israel.

Ones with closest ties are usually a cross between all these requirements.

When the men are considered unsuitable for companionship, naturally they find their closest emotional ties among one another.

Of the modern draft breeds, the Percheron probably has the closest ties to the medieval war horse.

My father, in and out of power, consistently called for the closest ties with Egypt.

She could not force him to face his feelings, not if it meant destroying his closest human tie.