All 18 Uses of
approach
in
Insurgent
- Tobias approaches a small metal box on the right side of the gate and opens it, revealing a keypad.
Chpt 1 (definition 1)approaches = goes to
- Eventually someone from each of the big groups stands and approaches Johanna, picking their way carefully over the roots of the big tree.
Chpt 2 (definition 1)approaches = goes toward
- But approaching the gate are a few moving specks—silver, when the light catches them.†
Chpt 7 (definition 1)
- I see the gleam of a small train car, far away now but approaching fast.
Chpt 8 (definition 1) *approaching = getting nearer
- I watch the first car approach; listen to the rhythmic bump of the car over the ties, the whisper of metal wheel against metal rail.
Chpt 8 (definition 1)approach = come near
- I walk toward him as if approaching a wild animal, each footstep careful on the cement floor.†
Chpt 8 (definition 1)
- A Dauntless soldier with an arm in a sling approaches us, gun held ready, barrel fixed on Tobias.†
Chpt 10 (definition 1)
- His footsteps slow when he approaches me.†
Chpt 16 (definition 1)
- He approaches me slowly.†
Chpt 17 (definition 1)
- My fellow sweepers back up to get out of the way, but I stay where I am, heat rushing through me as Zeke and Tori approach.
Chpt 19 (definition 1)approach = come near
- The city is so quiet in the morning that the footsteps echo as they approach the bridge.
Chpt 21 (definition 1)approach = get near
- I hear someone approaching, and look to the side.†
Chpt 27 (definition 1)
- But before I make it there, Lynn approaches me.†
Chpt 27 (definition 1)
- How does this change our approach to the new simulation serum?
Chpt 29 (definition 2) *approach = technique (way of doing something)
- Rather than waste any more time, Mr. Eaton, I thought I would take the most logical approach.
Chpt 31 (definition 2)
- A dark-skinned man with a gun in hand approaches Marcus's window.†
Chpt 39 (definition 1)
- She approaches me first, clasping my hand.†
Chpt 39 (definition 1)
- The doctor approaches Lynn and asks the two Dauntless to set her down.†
Chpt 46 (definition 1)
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