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approached the city
Definition
to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
- As the day approached when he was to leave her for a comparatively long stay, she grew melting and affectionate, remembering his many acts of consideration and his repeated expressions of an ardent attachment.Chapter 24 (28% in)
approached = got near
- The sunshade continued to approach slowly.Chapter 1 (55% in)
There are no more uses of "approach" flagged with this meaning in The Awakening.
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- Once she thought she heard Mademoiselle Reisz approaching.Chapter 33 (33% in)
- She felt moved to read the book in secret and solitude, though none of the others had done so,—to hide it from view at the sound of approaching footsteps.Chapter 4 (97% in)
- There was the sound of approaching voices.Chapter 7 (94% in)
- When the voices of the bathers were heard approaching, Robert said good-night.Chapter 10 (98% in)
- XXI Some people contended that the reason Mademoiselle Reisz always chose apartments up under the roof was to discourage the approach of beggars, peddlars and callers.Chapter 21 (2% in)
- The flowers were like new acquaintances; she approached them in a familiar spirit, and made herself at home among them.Chapter 24 (60% in)
- He had met her before on other occasions, but she had seemed to him unapproachable until that day.Chapter 25 (16% in)
- She closed the stove door with a bang, and approaching, assisted in removing Edna's dripping mackintosh.Chapter 26 (24% in)
- Oh! you cannot deceive me," and Mademoiselle approached her beloved instrument and began to play.Chapter 26 (67% in)
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