Meanings of physical nearness in English

Here between strangers is the closest physical nearness.

Why should she feel an oddly-disturbing thrill at the mere physical nearness of this fair-haired stranger?

She had never craved physical nearness to him, so that she ached with the poignancy of that craving.

The physical nearness, the touch, was something, and each felt it in the remoteness of his other world with satisfaction.

They had been very close together in those hours, mentally, spiritually, and only the barrier she herself had raised prevented their physical nearness.

"No," she replied, amusedly, flattered by his attention and acutely conscious of his physical nearness.