All 23 Uses
approach
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Rose Red
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- Certainly not by me, nor has John approached my father (my mother has informed me in the strictest of confidences) with any discussion of dowry.
Chpt 2 *approached = begun talking with
- Now, as we approach the second turn, I finally hear what it is that has frightened my dear friend, what she has heard that I did not-the creaking of the stairs no longer sounds like lumber rubbing on lumber, nails straining against nails-increasingly it sounds like a voice, a familiar voice, a child's voice.†
Chpt 10 *approach = get near
- John and I plan on a large family, and I, for one, can't wait to get started-though not without a great amount of nervousness do I approach my wedding night, quite afraid as I am of the actual physical union of our love.†
Chpt 2
- One does not approach this lightly.†
Chpt 2
- He has been a saint throughout its planning (has financed a good deal of the reception and celebration, a much appreciated gesture from my father) and has often been boyish with glee about the approaching date.†
Chpt 2
- As we slipped out the back, not one, but two very evil-minded men approached, their message clear from the knives they carried: the purse, or our lives.†
Chpt 3
- The man, increasingly uncomfortable with her approach, took a step back, the first sign she had dominion over him.†
Chpt 3
- I share here a conversation I overheard while approaching the Library (6,000 volumes!)†
Chpt 4
- A moment later we heard voices approaching, male voices, deep and foreboding, and I do believe that this was when I fainted, the rumbling of a motorcar also approaching from far off in the distance.†
Chpt 4
- A moment later we heard voices approaching, male voices, deep and foreboding, and I do believe that this was when I fainted, the rumbling of a motorcar also approaching from far off in the distance.†
Chpt 4
- It immediately became apparent that Daniel and one of his Carriage House staff had witnessed the approach of John's motorcar and had returned to the Carriage House to help secure the vehicle for the evening and to greet the master of the house, my husband.†
Chpt 4
- I assumed her amusement stemmed from anxiety, from her nervousness about approaching the subject, for she dealt with this problem of her husband's in a most unusual way.†
Chpt 5
- The new wing is to extend beyond the Pool House and Bowling Alley so as to not be seen from the approach, to not damage the continuity of the look of the grand house.†
Chpt 6
- From there, he hiked the hill and crested to the west of the new construction, approaching Rose Red from a side where he might go unnoticed, as alas, he must have so done.†
Chpt 7
- I look on as a uniformed policeman approaches her in the Solarium, the policeman not seeing me but me seeing him.†
Chpt 8
- I watch as that policeman, already halted in his approach, is suddenly tangled and overcome by the twisting, creeping choke of that instant jungle.†
Chpt 8
- As I approached my husband at full speed, a thought sparked through me: what if April had not disappeared at all?†
Chpt 8
- He extended his arms in advance of my fast approach and knocked me off my feet, throwing me down onto my behind, where I skidded across the polished wood and came to rest against the wall, directly beneath my own portrait.†
Chpt 8
- 13 march 1917-rose red There is little doubt that April (whose month approaches with great sorrow) is not coming home.†
Chpt 8
- Believing it to be Sukeena, who has found it difficult to sleep since her ordeal with the police, I approached in my nightgown, not bothering with a robe.†
Chpt 8
- I approached the door, preparing to summon one of my staff.†
Chpt 8
- Surely her approach-this arrival in his private chambers —must have struck him oddly.†
Chpt 12
- in 1950, as she was approaching the age of seventy, a nearly blind ellen rimbauer is said to have entered the perspective hallway never to return.†
Chpt 13
Definitions:
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(1)
(approach as in: approached the city) to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
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(2)
(approach as in: use the best approach) a way of doing something; or a route that leads to a particular place
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(3)
(approach as in: approached her with the proposal) to begin communication with someone about something -- often a proposal or a delicate topic
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(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.