nearer

IPA: nˈɪrɝ

Examples of "nearer" in Sentences

She lay back on her pillow and her voice came again nearer to her son.
_Isabel_, in fact, would be a name nearer the original than the form in which we have it.
I'll post about this again nearer to the date, and here's the link to the announcement by Cory Doctorow.
They knew what the prince was saying, they had the secret and yet -- they were _no nearer, no nearer_ than he.
Admiral Cunningham has stated we would gain nearer three than two million gross tons of shipping could we free the Mediterranean route.
The girl felt it in every nerve; it was as though some soft-footed, noiseless, shapeless creature, whose presence she only dimly divined, was approaching nearer -- _nearer_.
A silence fell, pregnant and cryptic, and, while the voices of the children and the soft mandatory protests of the Asiatic maids drew nearer from the beach, Martha Scandwell felt herself vibrant and tremulous with sudden resolve of daring.
Next, To _creep to you with his Body and Head close upon the ground_, by saying, _Come nearer, Come nearer_, or the like Words; to understand and do it, entice him with shewing him Bread, or the like: Thrusting down any rising part of his Body or head, and roughly threatning him; if he slight that, a good Jerk or two with a slash of Whip-cord will reclaim his Obstinacy.