Usage examples for nearness:

• Nothing but nearness to the Saviour will prepare a man to pass through such a conflict, and keep safely on the side of truth and duty. "Thoughts on Missions" – Sheldon Dibble

• I felt his eyes upon me in a wonderful nearness of love; and then I looked up and I saw that we were not alone. "The Child of the Dawn" – Arthur Christopher Benson

• She was so fond, so tender, so tearful at the nearness of their parting that he had not the heart to insist. "Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates" – Howard I. Pyle