All 23 Uses
approach
in
Sweet Far Thing
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- What is our best approach?†
Chpt 4 *approach = way of doing something
- Several of them approach Gorgon shyly.†
Chpt 4 *approach = get near
- At last, a moonfaced nurse with coppery hair going to gray approaches.†
Chpt 1
- Hat in hand, he approaches Mrs. Nightwing.†
Chpt 1
- I should like to approach the well of eternity.†
Chpt 1
- Heart hammering in my chest, I approach the well, until my fingers light upon the rough edge of it.†
Chpt 1
- I approach the well cautiously.†
Chpt 1
- The carriage approaches in the distance.†
Chpt 2
- I approach the camp stealthily, searching for the best way in.†
Chpt 2
- "I must approach the well of eternity," I say, heading for it without stopping.†
Chpt 3
- I approach the well, where her body presses against the seal of water like a phantom.†
Chpt 3
- I approach the well with caution.†
Chpt 3
- One of the Hajin approaches.†
Chpt 3
- Still others approach shyly, taking a leaflet or asking questions.†
Chpt 3
- Approach.†
Chpt 3
- When the teachers are not around, the girls fall into excited chatter about their approaching debuts.†
Chpt 3
- The Gypsies are not usually happy to see me, but today, they blanch at my approach.†
Chpt 4
- When I approach, she lifts her La Mode Illustrée so that I am face to face with an illustration of an elegant woman modeling the most fashionable frock.†
Chpt 4
- A gargoyle with the nose of a dragon approaches.†
Chpt 4
- You are never to approach my family again, or there shall be consequences.†
Chpt 4
- Later in the evening, I approach my father before he can slip off with the other men for brandy.†
Chpt 4
- A man approaches me timidly, his hat in his hand.†
Chpt 4
- Mother Elena approaches, her medallion shining against her white blouse.†
Chpt 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.