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approached the city
Definition
to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
- He watched me approach, his antennae bobbing.p. 255.6
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- They approached from different directions—the Big House and Cabin Three—hiking up the hill to sec me: Rachel Dare and Percy Jackson.p. 345.7
- Instead he hugged Meg's leg and glared at us as if daring us to approach.p. 67.2
- A wise precaution before approaching law enforcement.p. 70.4
- If they approached, they would get turned around and find themselves wandering out again.p. 73.9
- He'd sensed danger approaching and abandoned us.p. 76.6
- Above us, the monster rumbled, "Who approaches?"p. 168.6
- When they were finished with the map, Billie Ng approached Meg.p. 213.1
- The humidity approached bathhouse levels.p. 216.6
- A clattering sound alerted me to the approaching myrmeke.p. 256.8
- She raised the chimes and watched as they swayed and clanked, turning the noise from the trees into snatches of coherent speech: Happiness approaches.p. 293.6
- I would have brought him into the Grove of Dodona, but I had a feeling I wouldn't be doing him any favors by putting him in a dead-end clearing full of insane voices, in the direct path of approaching flames.p. 295.9
- Indiana.
Ripe banana.
Happiness approaches.
Serpents and roaches.
None of it made sense, but each line carried the weight of prophecy.p. 300.9 - She approached the tree and touched its trunk.p. 304.1
- As we approached the Colossus, I bellowed loudly, "IMPOSTER!p. 320.5
- I saw catastrophe approaching in slow motion.p. 320.9
- I pondered why the sculptor, Phidias, had chosen to make her look so unapproachable, and whether Athena approved.p. 344.5
- Happiness approaches.p. 350.5
- Happiness approaches.p. 350.6
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