Neared

Examples

• As we neared home, Joe vaguely acknowledging the occasion as an impressive and ceremonious one, went on ahead to open the front door. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• At length he neared the wreck. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• As the party neared the fence, they discovered in the distance, along the road, their own wagon coming back, accompanied by some men on horseback. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Gone, he said, as he neared the professor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• As he neared the house, the rich tenor voice of Caliphronas rang vibrating through the still air. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Some directions necessary to be given to her foreman, John, delayed her behind her cousins as they neared Fieldhead on their return. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• As I neared the brute he backed cautiously away from me, and when I had reached the open he moved to one side to let me pass. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• As we neared the city we discovered a mighty concourse of civilians and troops assembled upon the plain before the city. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Along with the Captain was Ensign Stubble; who, as the barouche neared the inn, burst out with an exclamation of By Jove! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• As we neared the dark, truncated cone the vessel's speed was diminished until we barely moved. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• This streak of bitterness came from a plenteous source, and kept widening in the current of his thought as he neared Lowick Gate. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• As he neared the Acropolis, he was astonished to see Helena, attended by Zoe, come hastily along the road, with a face expressive of great fear. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Mrs. Yeobright glanced around at the dark sky, at the hills, at the perishing bonfires, and at the lighted window of the inn they had neared. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• As I neared the building I became more careful, as I judged, and rightly, that the place would be guarded. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• As she neared it, she turned, and withdrew her eyes from my face. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He slowed down, as he neared his goal, not knowing how he should proceed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• George and his wife stood arm in arm, as the boat neared the small town of Amherstberg, in Canada. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Editor: Upton