Nearer

Examples

• Mrs. Bulstrode did not wish to go nearer to the facts than in the phrase make some amends; knowing that her husband must understand her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The haggard head floated up the dark staircase, and softly descended nearer to the floor outside the outer door of the chambers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I doubt, he said, if he would even welcome Dejah Thoris' return, for it would mean another nearer the throne than he. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Then, they are the more insolent, and it is the nearer ended. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Briarmains being nearer than the Hollow, Mr. Yorke had conveyed his young comrade there. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Up came the man, and his face became more frightfully distorted than ever, as he drew nearer. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Better than nearer! Jane Austen. Emma.
• As I drew nearer, I saw it to be the figure of a woman. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The moon also was nearer and brighter in those days and had a changing face. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The greater the refractive power of the lens, the greater the bending, and the nearer the principal focus to the lens. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Chagrined and surprised, they were obliged, though unwillingly, to turn back, for no shelter was nearer than their own house. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Venn then came nearer till he could see the illuminated side of her form. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Approaching nearer and nearer, the bargeman became Bradley Headstone, in rough water-side second-hand clothing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It appeared to be something interesting, for every one was pushing and striving to get nearer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• On approaching nearer, Bella discerned that the refection had the appearance of a small cottage-loaf and a pennyworth of milk. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Nearer and nearer came the doomed man. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• But the more beautiful and winning and charming she, the nearer they must always be to the necessity of approaching it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• As it got to be flood-tide, and the water came nearer to them, noises on the river became more frequent, and they listened more. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I ventured a little nearer to her, and held out my hand. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• As we got nearer, the cannon balls commenced going through the ranks. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• This study of the disease s of beer led him nearer to a knowledge of infections. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• As she drew nearer I could not repress a wild cry of elation, for upon her bows I saw the device of Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The more you love and trust Him, the nearer you will feel to Him, and the less you will depend on human power and wisdom. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• As he drew nearer to this house, a feeling come over him that he had seen it before. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I called her a distant relation; but I am well aware that I have in general been suspected of a much nearer connection with her. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• He came a step or two nearer, and she turned and looked at him. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I found the tide had driven it still nearer. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Why, of course, my dear boy, returned Herbert, in a tone of surprise, and again bending forward to get a nearer look at me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The soul may be full of all iniquities, but is not, by reason of them, brought any nearer to death. Plato. The Republic.
• Again, stepping nearer, he besought her with another tremulous eager call upon her name. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.

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