All 29 Uses
approach
in
The Looking Glass Wars
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- He laughed and approached Alyss, touched the jabberwock tooth hanging at her throat.
p. 33.9approached = went to
- He approached the Security Oversight Room and transformed himself from feline to assassin.
p. 55.2
- He stopped running and let them approach.
p. 82.3approach = get near
- They made their way on foot to the Everlasting Forest, found refuge in a small clearing surrounded by trees that would alert them of approaching enemies.
p. 93.5approaching = coming
- It was best not to approach, to not draw attention to themselves.
p. 141.2 *approach = go near
- These contests of navigational skill and strength were the only times he felt anything even approaching happiness.
p. 158.9approaching = coming near
- Bibwit's ears twitched and a moment later they all heard it: someone quickly approaching.
p. 225.2approaching = getting nearer
- Skeletons of card soldiers and chessmen littered the dusty hall approaching the South Dining Room.
p. 246.3approaching = leading to
- The rapid thunder of their approach…
p. 251.2approach = getting near
- I hear our enemies approaching.
p. 255.1approaching = getting nearer
- At scattered points along the drive's ruined glory, the homeless warmed themselves around pits glowing with fire crystals, their mumbled conversations brought to a pause by the sight of a strange array of Wonderlanders approaching a shop that hadn't been open for business in many lunar cycles.
p. 294.9approaching = moving toward
- Alyss gathered herself tight for the effort her imaginings required, but between the flicker of her eyelids she saw someone approaching from the distance of a looking glass.
p. 301.9approaching = getting nearer
- It was Alyss' turn to approach the soldiers.
p. 326.8approach = go to
- Until now, their approach had been covert; they'd traveled only over the desert's black squares of tar and volcanic rock to camouflage themselves from Redd's lookouts.
p. 329.5 *approach = route
- Alyss was fast approaching the spiral hall, sandwiched between Hatter and Molly for protection, but she paused.
p. 334.4approaching = moving toward
- The Four Card was growing more desperate as Hatter approached.†
p. 61.1
- Redd's scepter issued forth a cloud of red smoke, in the middle of which flickered a series of images: King Nolan and his men ambushed as they approached Heart Palace, Redd marching up to the king and killing him with her sharp, knobbly scepter.†
p. 63.9
- With as much pride as she could muster, armed with a firm belief in her own entitlement (she was a princess), Alyss approached the soldiers standing guard.†
p. 74.8
- A diminutive gentleman with a wispy mustache approached.†
p. 83.4
- Redd approached the boy.†
p. 90.9
- He climbed out of the water and stealthily approached the nearest tree-a beaten old thing with a scarred trunk and leafless, craggy branches.†
p. 152.7
- They were about to take their seats when a young gentleman, under the pretense of introducing himself to Dean Liddell, approached.†
p. 165.9
- Leopold approached for a dance.†
p. 191.4
- He approached the guards with a cautious tread, the color draining from his face, making it almost as pale as his beloved wig.†
p. 241.2
- She approached the Alyssians to take their order.†
p. 289.9
- She approached a corner in the maze and the younger Alyss jumped out from behind it, teasing the princess with her capture.†
p. 304.9
- The far wall of the ballroom was decorated with a huge quartz and agate mosaic of the queen's face and, as Redd approached it, the portrait's mouth opened and she entered a secret passage known only to herself and The Cat.†
p. 322.3
- Bibwit, never one to take appearances for granted, approached Alyss' conjured army for a closer inspection.†
p. 326.2
- She approached him.†
p. 357.4
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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(4)
(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.