Similar words: near and dear, bearer, shearer, near, pallbearer, on earth, nearest, near to. Meaning: [nɪr /nɪə] adv. (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance.
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91. The noises got nearer and shapes became clearer - horses pulling a long wagon train.
92. If you'd wanted to go to church you could have gone to St Ermin's which is much nearer.
93. Of course, there was great agitation in the spirit world as the Last Days drew nearer.
94. Suddenly he stopped singing and went nearer to the window.
95. The day had been a hummer: a huge leap nearer London.
96. We will write to you nearer the time when we have more details.
97. The wind was moaning more strongly now, and there was a sense of something powerful and irresistible drawing nearer.
98. They stood their ground, mute and attentive, though they came no nearer.
99. Madge drew a little nearer so that she could hear what he was saying.
100. He slides himself and his whole operation nearer to the window.
101. Overseas Mission was not so popular when we realized the heathen were nearer than we thought.
102. Got nearer to a female this evening than I have been for six months.
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103. At least we are much nearer than we were in the era your rose-coloured glasses have alighted upon.
104. Graveney thinks that this figure could be easily be nearer 80 if he were to change his stance.
105. Other environmental pressures could shorten this to nearer the fifty years required by law in the United States.
106. As far as our Elsie is concerned, I confess I am no nearer finding her, not directly anyway.
107. Yet state censorship has arguably come much nearer and become more sinister with the Spycatcher affair and the more recent Section 28.
108. As he got nearer to No. 22 he decided that Mrs Brocklebank had been neglecting her duties here as well.
109. This could explain why we see some quasars much nearer than we would normally expect to see them.
110. The boat is drawn nearer and Stubb throws dart after dart into the great creature.
111. His suite would probably cost nearer four weeks' salary than two.
112. Detectives in Scarborough said they were no nearer establishing who he is 48 hours after he died.
113. As it grew gradually nearer, and larger,(sentencedict.com) they soon found it towering over them - a mighty steel fortress.
114. This time, instead of throwing the rope, the Judge moved nearer to Moore, and held the noose open.
115. And as he drew nearer, Cornelius became painfully aware of a curious buzzing sound in his ears.
116. If the nearer accepts it she is branded as a liar at worst and as stubborn at best.
117. As the person gets nearer and nearer to the supermarket so their level of anxiety may be gradually rising in anticipation of difficulty.
118. We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man. C.S. Lewis
119. The footsteps were getting nearer and from the sound of it there were at least a dozen men.
120. He had got away with it, but he was no nearer the Delhi Suite.
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