All 21 Uses
approach
in
Through My Eyes
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- Following the crowd is not a winning approach to life.
p. 16.4approach = technique (way of doing something)
- On the other hand, at some schools you'd be surrounded by girls who would be throwing themselves at you—I was surprised at how effective an approach that was with certain recruits, but I guess I shouldn't have been all that surprised.
p. 79.7 *approach = way of doing something
- Unfortunately, I wasn't feeling any of that direction as the time approached.
p. 86.4 *approached = got near
- On the way, I passed Coach Meyer and Coach Marotti, and I could feel the intensity of their disappointment and anger as I approached.†
p. 2.9
- And I believe this approach served me well later in life when the competition got tougher.†
p. 13.3
- My very first experience with the "playing position by body stereotype" philosophy and approach to the game was in my first year of playing Pee Wee football at Lakeshore.†
p. 40.9
- Eventually, I learned a better approach that would help me to get even stronger and more physically fit.†
p. 42.9
- Much like my approach to working out—if something's important and a little is good, a lot is better, so why stop at a little?†
p. 58.9
- My senior year of baseball was approaching, as well as basketball, and my dad really wanted me to keep going with baseball.†
p. 84.6
- Coach Meyer and I discussed it a great deal, and he ultimately approached the university president, Dr. Machen, directly, personally guaranteeing my academic performance.†
p. 90.4
- However, I loved them because they gave you the chance to compete in drills that were unique because they blended both the mental and physical aspects of becoming better—not just as a player, but in your approach to anything you might face.†
p. 92.8
- That's how I approached the season.†
p. 101.8
- That next week I heard that the coaches debated playing me even more since we weren't playing our best on offense, but it was decided, instead, to stick with the approach we'd followed so far.†
p. 113.3
- Our family's approach is different.†
p. 160.1
- We had several talks after that incident on the stadium steps, but he never changed his attitude, and I never viewed his lackadaisical approach or religious excuses as acceptable.†
p. 174.9
- That was perfect to summarize my approach to football, and it seemed like a good verse to go with the first time out of the box.†
p. 178.6
- Early on I ran over their safety, helping to set the tone for our approach to the rest of the game.†
p. 195.3
- In a play that summed up our approach that year, most of my teammates joined the pile and pushed me—and the surrounding FSU players—into the end zone.†
p. 195.8
- I'd approached this game the way I'd approached every game since the Ole Miss game: I'm going to do everything in my power to make the future what I want it to be.†
p. 237.3
- I'd approached this game the way I'd approached every game since the Ole Miss game: I'm going to do everything in my power to make the future what I want it to be.†
p. 237.3
- I was already working as hard as I could; some comments by someone I didn't know weren't going to change my approach or how I saw myself.†
p. 244.9
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.