All 10 Uses of

approach

in

The Shack

"So, what do you think he looks like?" chuckled Willie as he approached.
Chpt 5.

approached = got near

But it seemed that the farther he drove, the slower he traveled, as if the shack were somehow repelling his approach.
Chpt 5.

approach = getting near

Somehow, the way she had approached him had skirted his resistance to her love.
Chpt 6. *

approached = begun talking with

He walked out the door brushing the powder off his jeans and shirt as Mack approached.
Chpt 10.

As they approached the shore, they slowed again.
Chpt 12.

approached = moved nearer

When Nan noticed that his eyes had opened, she quietly approached so as not to wake their daughter and kissed him.
Chpt 18. *

With evening quickly approaching, an intense discussion began regarding the efficacy of immediate pursuit or holding off until daybreak.†
Chpt 4.

The shack itself looked dead and empty, but as he stared it seemed for a moment to transform into an evil face, twisted in some demonic grimace, looking straight back at him and daring him to approach.†
Chpt 5.

A pebbled beach awaited their approach, and behind it a backdrop of rich and dense forest rose up to the base of a mountain, crested by the whiteness of freshly fallen snow.†
Chpt 10.

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)
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.