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Sentences ending with approach

Looking intently that way one night, he plainly distinguished an eye gleaming and glistening at the keyhole; and having now no doubt that his suspicions were correct, he stole softly to the door, and pounced upon her before she was aware of his approach. [12]
At length there was another stir; and the king descended from the rear of his pavilion, attended by his ministers, and moved about among the people, who made way for him, and uncovered at his approach. [4]
Paulus sat by the hearth, and was so busily engaged with some carving, that he did not observe her approach. [10]
It certainly enhanced the beauty of a face now only too frequently pallid and colourless, when rouge did not lend its aid; but Barine understood Archibius's ardent admiration for this rare woman, when Cleopatra, with a faint smile, requested her to approach. [10]
Sometimes he imagined that he beheld Him beckoning to him; sometimes that He extended His arms to him; sometimes he even fancied that he heard His voice, or that of St. Francis, and both invited him to approach. [10]
One evening, towards sunset, the comfortable citizen, taking the mild air on his piazza, sees an interesting figure approach. [4]
It was a skilfully managed effect, as it well might be, for it was no vulgar English architect who had planned the mansion and arranged its position and approach. [6]
In her sleep she had involuntarily responded to the call of Charley's approach. [11]
Not to have realized the essential artificiality of his former method of approach! [9]
These were the only two in the party who did not observe Mr. Crewe's approach. [9]

Short sentences using approach

But he didn't approach. [5]
Elizabeth waited their approach. [11]

More example sentences with the word approach in them

If you see your way to meet us in New Orleans, drop me a line, now, and as we approach that city I will telegraph you what day we shall arrive there. [5]
Princess Mary turned with absent-minded questioning look to Pierre, who hat in hand and with a smile on his face was the last of the guests to approach her after the old prince had gone out and they were left alone in the drawing room. [2]
It is dignified with a winding approach, but is itself only a cheap and decaying house. [4]
A pause, in which the cries of the wounded came through the smoke, and then the dying man, feeling the approach of another convulsion, said: "A cigarette, mon ami. [11]
The cake, however, which prevails at this season of the year comes from the Tyrol; and as the holidays approach, it is literally piled up on the fruit-stands. [4]
To the average Western mind it is the nearest approach to a Torricellian vacuum of intelligibility that language can pump out of itself. [6]
I said, "I was only talking--I didn't intend to approach her, but I see that you do not know what an intrepid person I am. [5]
And this name was explained by the circumstance that whoever would approach the king must do so by the way of "Hengstenberg. [10]
She knew it was best to approach the attendant first. [11]
The number of victims swelled daily, and the approach of the comet kept pace with the growing misery of the town. [10]
The mortal who ventures to use them may easily approach too near the sun, and, like Icarus, the wax will melt from his pinions. [10]
He had been used to approach great concerns with fearlessness and competency. [11]
France can teach us how to levy village and city taxes which distribute the burden with a nearer approach to perfect fairness than is the case in any other land; and she can teach us the wisest and surest system of collecting them that exists. [5]
Pretending to reflect upon these things, but in reality watching the blue-jays, who are pecking at the purple berries of the woodbine on the south gable, I approach the house. [4]
Her watchfulness is untiring; she who guarded the sepulcher was the first to approach it, and the last to depart from its awful yet sublime scene. [5]
There, indeed, was Trixton Brent, staring at them from the end of the hall, and making no attempt to approach them. [9]
On the side toward the room the curtains were drawn back far enough to allow those who were permitted to approach the regent to see her head and the upper portion of her body, which was wrapped in an ermine cape. [10]
Many of those to which his name was not attached can no longer be identified with any approach to certainty. [4]
It was used to snakes whose rattle gave notice of approach or signal of danger. [11]
They would like to see him dare to think of marrying any of them; they would like to see the faintest approach to such a thing. [12]
He was longing to relate at full length, to his friends and companions, the wonderful and important thing that had happened; but he would not approach the subject while they took their places in his presence. [10]
I can call to mind no specialized annual day, in any country, whose approach fires the whole land with a conflagration of conversation and preparation and anticipation and jubilation. [5]
It reconciles us to its approach to nudity by the richness of its drapery and ornaments. [6]
The nearest approach to it was a cigar store. [5]
I I intended to have signalized my first appearance by a certain large statement, which I flatter myself is the nearest approach to a universal formula, of life yet promulgated at this breakfast-table. [6]
General Milroy seems to have concurred with General Schenck in the opinion that the force should be kept at Winchester at least until the approach of danger, but he disobeyed no order upon the subject. [7]
Besides, I have to deal with one of those by no means rare cases, where poetry can approach nearer the truth than prudent, watchful prose. [10]
Is she content to be the woman that some of the novelists, and some of the painters also, say she is, or would she prefer to approach that ideal which all the world loves? [4]
As twilight began to approach, the anxiety of the deserted wife became unendurable. [10]
The philosopher ventured to approach him, and there was warm sympathy in his tone as he asked: "What ails you, Bassianus? [10]
It was impossible to advance much in love-making with one who offered no obstacles, had no concealments and no embarrassments, and whom any approach to sentimentality would be quite likely to set into a fit of laughter. [5]
There was no time to see the interior of the building, for Pyrrhus expected his guest to join him at the harbour at sunrise, and the eastern sky was already brightening with the approach of dawn. [10]
But from the time of his approach with the Roman army and the auxiliary troops of the Ethnarch of Judea, nothing more was learned of him or of Antipater, who commanded the forces of Hyrkanus; every one talked constantly of the Roman general Antony. [10]
It seemed as though not the trumpeters were playing, but as if the army itself, rejoicing at the Emperors' approach, had naturally burst into music. [2]
You must approach this with the profoundest reverence, for it is unutterably sacred. [5]
But here again they were disappointed, for the gate was closed, and some fierce dogs, barking at their approach, obliged them to retreat. [12]
As soon as they had descended into that hollow, the smoke of the guns and musketry on the fleches grew so dense that it covered the whole approach on that side of it. [2]
When they find they are not likely to sell out, they approach a citizen mysteriously, and say in a low voice--"Last copy, sir: double price; paper just been suppressed! [5]
To discover what these qualities are that have insured permanence and promise indefinite continuance is to have a means of judging with an approach to scientific accuracy our contemporary literature. [4]
At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? [7]
The day after the reception a bell rang in the studio, which was cleared of all present as quickly as possible, for it announced the approach of the king, who appeared entirely alone and spent two whole hours with Moor. [10]
The third is the rapid and near approach of that crisis on which all your thoughts and feelings concentrate. [7]
And there is the old clock and watch tower, which for eight hundred years has enabled the Augsburgers to keep the time of day and to look out over the plain for the approach of an enemy. [4]
The devotees of the higher education will perhaps need to approach the subject from another point of view--namely, what they are willing to surrender in order to come into a distinctly scholastic influence. [4]
As soon as the guests left Tennis he would approach the Biamite again. [10]
With what fair-mindedness the former in the Convivium had made her cause her own, how touching had been Martina's effort to approach her, and how ill that very day she had requited their loyal affection! [10]
This was only the fluttering approach of two natures, from everlasting distances. [11]
Deeply moved by the firmness with which Charmian witnessed the approach of death, Barine listened in silence, but suddenly started as the sharp tones of a well-known voice called her friend's name and, as she turned, Iras stood before her. [10]
People ran from the doorways and sidewalks, but stayed at a comfortable distance until the moose was dragged down; then they made to approach the insensible man. [11]
Serapis, and Alexander, the divine hero of the town, were enthusiastically welcomed, while scarcely a voice was heard on the approach of Zeus-Jupiter and Ares-Mars. [10]
The intimacy among the different members of the society was so close that, beyond a courtesy of manner that never failed, the tendency was to resist the approach of any stranger as a 'gene'. [6]
Except to visit the boathouses I had not been to Mohair since the day of its completion, and now the full beauty of the approach struck me for the first time. [9]
Melissa had heard that the strong scent of the kyphi might prove injurious to Diodoros, and her one thought now was the desire that Galenus might soon approach his couch. [10]
It appears incredible that the modified descendants of two organisms, if these differed from each other in a marked manner, should ever afterwards converge so closely as to lead to a near approach to identity throughout their whole organisation. [1]
Someone then remembered that in the evening, just before the park gate closed, he had seen a man approach the angle of the wall where the overcoat was found. [4]
He decided simultaneously that his own local studies must be illustrated, and that he must come with the artist and show him just which bits to do, not knowing that the two arts can never approach the same material from the same point. [8]
He now protested that he could approach her mother and grandparents as a suitor with a clear conscience; for on the third day after Helena's departure the relation between him and the Queen had changed. [10]
She had heard that guards had been posted in all parts of the camp, with orders to sound the horn or strike the cymbal at the approach of the foe, until the men had flocked to the spot whence the warning first echoed. [10]
At dinner the talk turned on the war, the approach of which was becoming evident. [2]
Suddenly he was surprised by the ringing shout with which he had formerly announced his approach to Myrtilus. [10]
Speaking of Indian summer, the only approach to it I have seen was in the hazy atmosphere at the West Ende Halle. [4]
Few widows have such an avenue of approach to their domain as the Widow Patten has. [4]
Far up the street was heard the noisy approach of the fire-engine, which now would be able to do little more than save adjoining buildings. [11]
His breath almost stopped as he saw Ranulph approach Detricand. [11]
The white canoe still wandered over the lake, alone, ghostly, always avoiding the near approach of the boats which seemed to be coming in its direction. [6]
The sleepy orderly started up from under the archway at our approach, bowed profoundly to Madame, looked askance at me, and declared, with a thousand regrets, that Monsieur le Baron was having his siesta. [9]
She spied him standing there; and in her leisurely approach a strange conceit of reincarnation possessed her, and she smiled at the contrast thus summoned up. [9]
Ledscha was still standing by the doorpost of the cella with uplifted hand, so deeply absorbed in fervent prayer that she did not perceive the approach of the messenger until he called her. [10]
Thus the several species of Polyplectron manifestly make a graduated approach to the peacock in the length of their tail-coverts, in the zoning of the ocelli, and in some other characters. [1]
Their bright eyes sparkled with pleasure while describing the work of their own hands, and they were so absorbed in eager delight that they did not notice the approach of a man until startled by his words: "Enough of this idle sport now, your Highnesses. [10]
He had always some thing to say to the ethical sense, a word for the conscience; but his approach was always through the mind, and his enforcement of the moral lesson was by suggestion rather than by commandment. [4]
Nevertheless, we see some distant approach to this state of mind in the deep love of a dog for his master, associated with complete submission, some fear, and perhaps other feelings. [1]
Then came the smiling fields of Chester, with their English green, and soon the county of Philadelphia itself, and the increasing signs of the approach to a great city. [5]
But for one single dread, he could have seen the fourth day approach without serious distress--the dining in public; it was to begin that day. [5]
The idea that she, the humble artist's daughter, could harbor the soul of a Persian princess, amused her; and when the lion lifted his head and lashed the floor with his tail at her approach, she felt that she had won his approbation. [10]
At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? [7]
The couches were separated by a heavy curtain which the eunuchs had raised at the approach of the Queen. [10]
No one had seen her approach, and she stole through a door which was open at the rear of the warehousing room, and went quickly to another door leading into the shop. [11]
It would almost seem as if the people of Jersey, like the hangers-on of the king of the jungle, care not to approach too near the devourer's head. [11]
But ere you say yes or no, you should learn that my son and grandson are ready to pay you the same honor as head of our household that they render me, and your brothers willingly permitted me to approach you as a suitor. [10]
The Cure, M. Rossignol the Seigneur, and the Notary stood on the church steps viewing the scene and awaiting the approach of the soldier-citizens. [11]
The old bell Roland, that was used to call the burghers together on the approach of an enemy, hung in this tower. [4]
I do not reverence Mr. Emerson less, but somehow I could approach him easier. [5]
Finally, his sufferings remind him often enough of the approach of death, and he hopes by religious exercises to secure his place in the kingdom of heaven. [10]
The praetor had recollected the near approach of his birthday, and also that the position of stars in the night preceding it, would certainly be observed by Hadrian. [10]
The worshipper is received into an ample court, but by degrees the walls on either side approach one another, the halls become less lofty, all is gradually tending towards one point. [10]
The fugitives could reach his hut before night, and in so doing approach nearer the Rhine valley. [10]
But Ulrich's approach quickly cheered and rejuvenated her. [10]
It was a principle with Lise to pay no attention to any young man who was not "presented," those venturing to approach her with the ready formula "Haven't we met before? [9]
How is it possible that I should approach him? [10]
In my present position I could scarcely be justified were I to omit raising a warning voice against this approach of returning despotism. [7]
We transformed the poor creatures into a motionless, miserable mass, and just now they were cleaving the air with their strong wings, proclaiming by proud, glad cries to their families among the reeds their approach with an abundant store of prey. [10]
Archibius had first perceived, by the flames of the Pharos, the red glimmer which announced the approach of the royal galley. [10]
Resolutions were then passed to approach your honour and ask that full powers be given to Calhoun to pursue the war without thought of military precedent or of Calhoun's position. [11]
The best of our social pleasures, if carried beyond the natural power of physical and mental endurance, begin to approach the character of such a penance. [6]
To an angel, or even to that approach to an angel in this world, a person who has satisfied his appetite, the spectacle of a crowd of people feeding together in a large room must be a little humiliating. [4]
Behind the lattice, on these summer evenings, stands the militant figure of that old retainer, Bridget the cook, her stout arms akimbo, ready to engage in vigorous banter should Honora deign to approach. [9]
But our noble Olympius would not suffer the sacrilegious host to approach, and they had to retire with broken heads. [10]
Cherished illusions vanish often on near approach. [4]
If you think of your destination, the bats will seem like the swallows which announce the approach of spring. [10]

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