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How to use neared in a sentence

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As he neared the end of his shots he took both hands and began to smear anything liquid over his face, hair, and chest.
He could smell the intoxicating bubble-gum perfume as she neared him, and the scent lingered in the air long after she rushed by him.
As we neared the dock I smelled the river and heard the soft rush of waves against the wood.
They walked like that until mid-morning, when Margaret finally neared the edge of the forest.
As they neared he brought the leader into his sights, raising the stock of the long rifle to his shoulder.
But as he neared the crux of his missive, he was suddenly interrupted by a flurry of black tresses and wrinkled muslin rushing into the room.
She held the horses by their bridles, but as soon as the others neared, she dropped the reins and rushed to the girl.
Time and again, the legislation has sailed through congressional votes only to encounter choppy seas as it neared the safe harbor of enactment.
As we neared that last portage, from Quetico Lake back into Beaverhouse, two eagles stood silent vigil in a dead tree along our way.
The northern wind neared the top of the cliff and sped up, always gaining momentum.
Then, as the tunnel neared completion in 1996, dozens of the crew developed hacking coughs, chest pains and breathing difficulties.
There was no let-up even as he neared his century, with one glorious straight six off Danish Kaneria poleaxing the cameraman at long-on.
As she neared the object, she noticed it was an iridescent purple and pink.
As she neared the Village Square, she saw a crowd of people congregated there.
As the end neared, she lapsed into a semi-consciousness of raving and then piteous wailing.
Since we neared the festive season of Christmas parties have been going on nonstop.
But, as he neared the ground, other instructors noticed that he was coming too close to farm buildings and a spectator area.
His clansmen had looked at him with wondering eyes as they neared the hillside.
As she neared, she heard the clamour of their excited voices rising and echoing off the rock walls around her.
As we neared the bow, schools of blue maomao, sweepers and demoiselles gradually thickened.
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As they neared the exit, they started to strategize about the best ride to go on next.
The sun which had neared the horizon was dying in throes of crimson and gamboge.
Now they neared the foot of the shaft where the rest of the party seemed to await them.
Already the exploiting class, as it neared the term of its depleted life, was but a mass of purulence.
As they neared the picturesque figure, King Lear bowed low before Patty, and held out his hand for her dance card.
As his hand neared the latch I could see in the dim light that his movements were unsteady.
As he neared the ground, the balsam, shaken from its lodgement, cracked and fell.
As we neared Buzzard's Bay my spirits, which had been at topnotch, began to sink.
As the craft neared they could make out the orange and green of the Martian army.
When she neared the laburnums behind which she often sat or walked, her ear caught the sound of voices.
The guesser, as he had been instructed by Deyla, had his card out as he neared the doorway.
As the second set of drawings neared completion, Ishie glanced at the clock, then turned to the Cow's vocoder.
As he neared the whitebeam, a gust of wind blew out his lantern, and he stood in the profound darkness of the trees.
There was something familiar about the white hat, and as she neared them they recognized The Lily.
Two by two the riders, mere moving dots at first against a monotone of the rangeland, took form as they neared the common center.
They neared the entrance of the parking lot and Jerry motioned from behind a car.
Much later, as they neared Riverview, Penny absently switched on the shortwave radio.
As we neared Westover, a slope led to higher land and to a riverward, side entrance to the grounds.
As the vessel neared the shore, a large hebridean eagle hovered over the masts.
As he neared his uncle's house he noticed there was a light in the sitting room.
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