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View definitions for nearer

nearer

adverb as in more near

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Example Sentences

They put Obama at 4.23, just a little nearer the center than they placed themselves.

I knew that every time I met him brought him nearer to the accomplishment of his purpose and my fate.

How his face gleamed in the darkness, drawing swiftly nearer!

Old Bagan, which is nearer to the ruins, is now devoid of inhabitants and only hosts a few sleepy old hotels.

The bullet was fired from a distance of fewer than 20 meters, considerably nearer than the stipulated 50-meter minimum.

The croupier pushes the seven hundred and forty pounds of the unlucky player a foot nearer to the bank.

Tony's stool was nearer to the bass keys of the piano, while the sofa Lettice lay upon had certainly been drawn up towards him.

To some place much nearer, of course, and equally of course they would return.

I know I strive after the unattainable, but still every year I get nearer and nearer to the goal.

If ships sail over the sea as fast as railways run across the land; if Helles is nearer Woolwich than Calais; then he is right.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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