All 14 Uses of
approach
in
Childhood's End
- The news agencies must have had friends in that vehicle, for even as van Ryberg watched it approach, the radio was telling the world that he was no longer merely Assistant-but Acting-Secretary-General of the United Nations.†
Chpt 3
- The thought of approaching the Supervisor directly filled him with dismay, but there seemed no alternative.†
Chpt 3
- As he approached, the elderly, thick-set man on the far side of the table leaned forward and stared at him with piercing grey eyes.†
Chpt 3
- The virus must have entered his bloodstream: or else he was merely approaching second childhood more quickly than he had supposed.†
Chpt 4
- As in all problems, there are efficient and inefficient approaches.†
Chpt 6 *
- As they approached the front door (which was not very easy to distinguish from the rest of the glass wall facing them) it swung automatically open with a fanfare of trumpets.†
Chpt 7
- Then he realized that they were approaching a submerged mountain, jutting up from the hidden plain.†
Chpt 11
- Jan caught a last glimpse of a giant, sucker-studded arm whipping away at their approach.†
Chpt 11
- That's the sensible approach, but it's surprising how few people see it that way.†
Chpt 11
- They leave the Solar System under such tremendous accelerations that they approach the velocity of light in less than an hour.†
Chpt 12
- Now as you may have beard, strange things happen as one approaches the speed of light.†
Chpt 12
- No-one had thought of questioning Jeff, and the boy must have been thinking it over for a long time before he approached George.†
Chpt 17
- When his parents approach us— then, perhaps, we can question him.†
Chpt 18
- Feeling a pygmy, he had climbed up into one of the great seats to try and see something of the approaching planet through the observation windows.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(approach as in: approached the city) to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)