All 11 Uses of

approach
in
In Cold Blood

Of course, Dick was very literal-minded, very— he had no understanding of music, poetry-and yet when you got right down toot, Dick's literalness, his pragmatic approach to every subject, was the primary reason Perry had been attracted to him, for it made Dick seem, compared to himself, so authentically tough, invulnerable, "totally masculine."
Chpt 1 *

approach = technique (way of doing something)

This person, so Dewey imagined, approached the house on foot, probably around midnight.
Chpt 2

approached = got near

Perhaps, having heard all she had, Bonnie welcomed their swift approach.
Chpt 3 *

approach = getting near

Eventually, prodded by a slightly alerted religious curiosity, he approached Willie-Jay, and the chaplain's clerk, at once responsive, thought he divined in the cripple-legged body builder with the misty gaze and the prim, smoky voice "a poet, something rare and savable.†
Chpt 1

Despite the pumpkin-season temperature, the day's arid glitter, both boys were sweating as they approached a barricade that state troopers had erected at the entrance to River Valley Farm.†
Chpt 1

Why had the murderers taken the trouble to move the box from the far end of the basement room and lay it on the floor in front of the furnace, unless the intention had been to make Mr. Clutter more comfortable-to provide him, while he contemplated the approaching knife, with a couch less rigid than cold cement?†
Chpt 2

It was as though, like huntsmen hiding in a forest, they were afraid that any abrupt sound or movement would warn away approaching beasts.†
Chpt 3

At half past ten he began to worry; by eleven his legs were pulsing with pain, which was always, with him, a sign of approaching panic—"bubbles in my blood."†
Chpt 3

Train whistles, the fanfare of an approaching Santa Fe express, penetrated the courtroom.†
Chpt 4

The ladies followed along faithfully until the lead halted, and they saw, in the shine of their headlights, the helpful young men approaching them on foot, and saw, but too late, that each was armed with a black bullwhip.†
Chpt 4

As Dewey approached them, he saw that another visitor was already there: a willowy girl with white-gloved hands, a smooth cap of dark-honey hair, and long, elegant legs.†
Chpt 4

Definitions:

(1) (approach as in: approached the city)
to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
(2) (approach as in: use the best approach)
a way of doing something; or a route that leads to a particular place
(3) (approach as in: approached her with the proposal)
to begin communication with someone about something -- often a proposal or a delicate topic
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

More rarely (and typically only in classic literature), the phrase nearest approach to as used in "her nearest approach to an apology" or "her nearest approach to a smile" typically means that "something is as close to something else as it ever gets." "As near an approach to" can have a similar meaning.