Use approached in a sentence
Sentences ending with approached
- Just then the whistling train approached. [11]
- The general looked the captain up and down as he came up panting, slackening his pace as he approached. [2]
- They were yet seated in the same place, when the grandfather approached. [12]
- In what other part of the world can that achievement in comfort and convenience be approached? [4]
- The night crept on apace, the moon went down, the stars grew pale and dim, and morning, cold as they, slowly approached. [12]
- We are dealing, now, in emotions as delicate as cloud shadows, and these drew on as Saturday approached. [9]
- It was too late; for the curtains of the audience-room were already withdrawn, and Caracalla approached. [10]
- One by one its meagre parcel of inhabitants packed up and moved away, as the summer waned and fall approached. [5]
- The old chief had just been supplying weapons to the shepherds and youths whom Ephraim had summoned to go to the relief of the imprisoned Hosea, and had promised to join them, when the mournful procession approached. [10]
- Wild animals sometimes become so absorbed when thus engaged, that they may be easily approached. [1]
Short sentences using approached
- The mercury approached zero. [4]
- They approached her window. [10]
- She approached the window. [10]
- Then he approached the Celebrity. [9]
- Then she approached the camp-fire. [13]
- Valmond approached the lads. [11]
- We approached the gate. [4]
- Hawkins uncovered and approached. [5]
- A French officer approached us. [9]
- So this novel approached completion. [10]
Sentences containing approached two or more times
- Then he approached warily, and adopted conciliation; pursed up his lips and tried to whistle, but failed; still approached, saying, "Poor dog!--doggy, doggy, doggy!--poor doggy-dog! [5]
- By the way the hunt approached and receded, by the cries of the dogs whose notes were familiar to him, by the way the voices of the huntsmen approached, receded, and rose, he realized what was happening at the copse. [2]
- A man approached the door from Jones Street as I approached it from Main--a thing that always happens. [5]
- How many times, in the summer and winter, in fair weather and cloudy, in rain and sleet and snow had she approached that group, as she approached it now! [9]
- It was approached in the "well of English undefiled"; it has been approached in Mrs. Eddy's Annex to that Book; it has been approached in several English grammars; I have even approached it myself; but none of us has made port. [5]
More example sentences with the word approached in them
- As the winter wore on, and March town meeting approached, strange rumors of a Democratic ticket began to drift into Jonah Winch's store,--a Democratic ticket headed by Fletcher Bartlett, of all men, as chairman of the board. [9]
- At length parting words were uttered in louder tones, the door of the cell was locked and the prisoner approached his window. [10]
- He approached this with unusual delicacy: it needed bravery to look into the mother's eyes, and tell the story. [11]
- I am approached with the most opposite opinions and advice, and that by religious men, who are equally certain that they represent the Divine will. [7]
- Alexander and Napoleon, with the long train of their suites, approached the right flank of the Preobrazhensk battalion and came straight up to the crowd standing there. [2]
- She approached Pierre with slow, quiet steps. [2]
- Night approached, and with it a storm. [5]
- An aide-de-camp approached with gliding steps and offered him a gold snuffbox, which he took. [2]
- He now gazed with eager observation down the path which, as the day approached, stood out with increasing clearness from the surrounding shades, and his heart began to beat faster as he perceived a figure approaching the well, with rapid steps. [10]
- A French corporal, with coat unbuttoned in a homely way, a skullcap on his head, and a short pipe in his mouth, came from behind a corner of the shed and approached Pierre with a friendly wink. [2]
- Venters approached the willow and cottonwood belt that he had observed from the height of slope. [13]
- The grey-haired man who, but a short time before, had retained all the vigour of youth, approached the Queen with bowed head and saddened heart. [10]
- He approached Valmond, who was moving on towards the Louis Quinze, with appreciation of a time for disappearing. [11]
- An elderly sergeant who had approached the officer while he was giving these explanations had waited in silence for him to finish speaking, but at this point, evidently not liking the officer's remark, interrupted him. [2]
- Breakfast time approached while I mused these musings and called these ancient happenings back to mind; so I got me back into the present and went down the hill. [5]
- The dread returned when the party approached again the turmoil of the American Fall, and fell again under the influence of the merciless haste of the flood. [4]
- He stopped whistling when he spied the storekeeper, and approached him in his usual hearty manner. [9]
- Only half conscious what she was doing, she left the boat; but her slender foot had scarcely touched the land when a tall figure emerged from the thicket near the shore and approached her through the darkness. [10]
- The finest thing we saw on our whole Mississippi trip, we saw as we approached New Orleans in the steam-tug. [5]
- For instance, as we approached the Dardanelles, we coasted along the Plains of Troy and past the mouth of the Scamander; we saw where Troy had stood (in the distance,) and where it does not stand now--a city that perished when the world was young. [5]
- When that door was opened and the prisoners, crowding against one another like a flock of sheep, squeezed into the exit, Pierre pushed his way forward and approached that very captain who as the corporal had assured him was ready to do anything for him. [2]
- At first it was distant; but it rapidly approached, tearing through the night and apparently through the tree-tops, like the harsh cry of a web-footed bird with a snarl in it; in fact, as I said, a squawk. [4]
- A wan glimmer was already beginning to brighten the distant east when the Epicurus approached the vessel with the light, but it seemed to wish to avoid the Alexandrian, and turned suddenly towards the northeast. [10]
- He approached it warily, stopping often to look about him and listen. [5]
- To-day John had voluntarily approached the stranger to whom he owed his life, but whose passionate caresses at their first meeting had frightened him, to show her the little wooden horse that Adrian had just given him. [10]
- Down swept that vast horse-shoe wave--it approached the sand-belt--my breath stood still; nearer, nearer--the strip of green turf beyond the yellow belt grew narrow--narrower still--became a mere ribbon in front of the horses--then disappeared under their hoofs. [5]
- Samuel Clemens, coming up the river on the A. T. Lacey, two days behind the Pennsylvania, heard a voice shout as they approached the Greenville, Mississippi, landing: "The Pennsylvania is blown up just below Memphis, at Ship Island! [5]
- Their way was unobstructed until they approached London Bridge; then they ploughed into the multitude again, Hendon keeping a fast grip upon the Prince's --no, the King's--wrist. [5]
- Orion approached after two elders of the Church. [10]
- When the carriage turned towards the left and approached the Paneum, progress for the first time became difficult. [10]
- Now go, and to-morrow come again to me your friend who understands how to sympathize with all you feel, and to whom you have approached so much the nearer to-day that you have learned to share his purest happiness. [10]
- Gen. Grant bowed to the people two or three times, then approached my side of the platform and the mayor pulled me forward and introduced me. [5]
- The Arab pointed to the map, and the Copt approached cautiously. [11]
- From thence deviating to the left they once more approached the sea to visit the great Emporium, to see the forest of masts of Eunostus, and the finely-constructed quays. [10]
- Without any attempt to conceal from the valet the strong excitement that mastered him, Charles at last impatiently approached the window and looked down into the Haidplatz. [10]
- She promised faithfully to come down into the entry, when the horses approached, to receive the poor lamb, surrounded by lynxes, wild-cats, foxes, and wolves, and lead it into the safe fold--if one can call this stately house by such a name. [10]
- A personage, truly, to be questioned timidly, to be approached advisedly. [9]
- A movement of timid curiosity impelled her, when she approached the spot, to glance towards the fire. [12]
- He lost no time in letting them know that this precaution was unnecessary, and all four gentlemen directly approached his bedside. [12]
- Well, as the time approached for George to risk his life for his new beliefs, his mental conflict deepened. [9]
- From whichever way this vast white hotel establishment is approached, it is always a surprise. [4]
- As soon as they saw him their talking and laughing ceased, and they stopped and stood still, gazing at him with strong curiosity; they presently began to whisper together, then they approached nearer, and stopped again to gaze and whisper. [5]
- After a while they moved on, and as they approached the final short dash of the home-stretch we closed up on them and joined them. [5]
- As soon as they had vanished, the commander approached young Nicolas, saying: "Vexatious business! [10]
- As I approached, they begun to tower and swell and look like mighty furnaces. [5]
- On these hills there were two wild stallions, each with a small troop of mares; "and it is certain that these stallions would never have approached each other without fighting. [1]
- As she approached them, her eyes were fixed upon the large house next door. [9]
- Thirty-six Englishmen, among them several officers, lingered behind the others and approached the gate. [10]
- As they approached the watchhouse Denisov stopped, peering into the forest. [2]
- Her bench beneath the venerable tree was empty, and with drooping head she approached the beloved resting-place, which she must leave forever on the morrow. [10]
- As we approached the town, signs of life began to appear. [5]
- As we approached the top, Big Tom pointed out the direction, a half mile away, of a small pond, a little mountain tarn, overlooked by a ledge of rock, where Professor Mitchell lost his life. [4]
- As she approached the throne, her train left the hall; the only persons who remained were Charmian, Iras, Zeno, the Keeper of the Seal, and the "introducer. [10]
- As he approached the temple he heard himself called, and checked the pace of his horses. [10]
- As he approached the table one morning he saw the transparent edge--by means of his extraordinary vision long before he got to his seat. [5]
- Then she left the supporting pillar, approached the barrier, stopped at the rope which extended from one short stake to another, and gazed at the man who was following her outside of the rope. [10]
- Then he approached the subject of marriage with the daughter of the American Claimant with a good deal of caution and much painstaking art. [5]
- Pierre went round the study, approached the cupboard in which the manuscripts were kept, and took out what had once been one of the most important, the holy of holies of the order. [2]
- For a while the sounds approached pretty fast. [5]
- A form ascended the side, and approached him. [5]
- He now approached the sick man with the noiseless step of one in full vigor of life, with his delicate white fingers raised from the green quilt the hand that was free, and turning sideways felt the pulse and reflected a moment. [2]
- The best-educated of the ship's hands approached him on the grievances with which the whole navy was stirring. [11]
- He had approached the shed full of animation, but on seeing Prince Andrew's face he felt constrained and ill at ease. [2]
- It hung in the shadow of a door-way and watched him as he approached the door of the big building where Adrian Fellowes lived. [11]
- As he approached the second story, in which the nursery was situated and where he expected to find his wife, it suddenly seemed as if a star had risen amid the darkness. [10]
- A third of the Pharanites were to march forward against the enemy, drumming and trumpeting, and then retreat as far as the watch-tower as the enemy approached over the plain. [10]
- Helena, Gorgias, and the old philosopher Euphranor, had approached her, and when the latter asked with loving reproach, "Why, Barine, how did you get through the howling mob? [10]
- I approached England the next morning, with the wide highway of salt water all to myself. [5]
- As she approached the monarch's residence, she felt glad and proud that he, who could force half the world to obey him, could not rule her. [10]
- The distance between the lodge and the post was no more than a mile, but Mitiahwe made a detour, and approached it from behind, where she could not be seen. [11]
- Prince Hippolyte approached the little princess and, bending his face close to her, began to whisper something. [2]
- As they approached the little castle they saw from the road in the arbour, which was lighted with links, the figure of the countess. [10]
- As he approached the Kremlin he even began to avoid being crushed and resolutely stuck out his elbows in a menacing way. [2]
- As we approached the Kaiserstuhl, a part of the harness gave way. [5]
- He was on the inhabited side of Wilson's house, and now as he approached it, he noticed that the sitting room was lighted. [5]
- As they approached the house, Prince Andrew with a smile drew Pierre's attention to a commotion going on at the back porch. [2]
- But now, as the horses approached the curb, their restive feet clattering on the hard pavement, in the darkened interior of the church she saw faces turned, and entering worshippers pausing in the doorway. [9]
- At this moment the high-steward of the prince's household approached, and with a low obeisance delivered to Psamtik a sealed papyrus letter, with the words: "From your father, the king. [10]
- As they approached the hamlet, the Marques of Villena, the Count Urena, and Don Alonzo de Aguilar filed off with their battalions, and were soon seen glittering along, the side of the mountain above the village. [4]
- Never in all the four years had he approached this lodge of Mitiahwe, who, the daughter of a chief, should have married himself, the son of a chief! [11]
- When he crossed the Fleischbrucke in the market place and approached the brilliantly lighted Town Hall, he had considerable difficulty in moving forward, for the whole square was thronged with curious spectators, servants in gala liveries, sedan chairs, richly caparisoned steeds, and torchbearers. [10]
- When he approached the door he heard Noel ranting in there and recognized the state of the case; so he remained near the door but out of sight, and heard the performance through to the end. [5]
- When Heinz approached the door Frau Barbara stepped forward with Annele to congratulate him that the dear saints had so graciously protected him, but he only answered gravely: "What are we mortals? [10]
- Mr. Crewe approached the desk with that genial and brisk manner for which he was noted and held out his hand to the railroad president. [9]
- As they approached the crossroads of the bridge, his voice, clear and sonorous, could be heard commanding the Orange band to cease playing. [11]
- The grey-haired countess, the cousin went on, had passed from one attack of convulsions into another, and when he approached her had shrieked the words "ingratitude" and "base reward" so shrilly at him, in various tones, that they were still ringing in his ears. [10]
- The day after the completion of the picture a rugged figure in rawhide boots and coonskin cap approached Chester Perkins's house, knocked at the door, and inquired for the "Painter-man. [9]
- As Paaker approached the cavern the old woman called out to some one within: "Is the wax cooking? [10]
- When she approached the camp, the multitude ran forth to meet her, with great demonstrations of joy; for she was universally beloved by her subjects. [4]
- He listened to the breathing of his companions, then he approached the poet, unfastened the ring which fettered his ankle to that of Nebsecht, and endeavored to wake the physician, but in vain. [10]
- Nearer and nearer the boat of prisoners approached the stone steps of the landing, and we were several hundred yards behind. [11]
- The doctor approached the bed, felt Henrica's pulse, said a few words in a low tone to prepare her for her visitor, and then took the lamp to see how the invalid looked. [10]
- As Nell approached the awful door, it turned slowly upon its hinges with a creaking noise, and, forth from the solemn grove beyond, came a long file of young ladies, two and two, all with open books in their hands, and some with parasols likewise. [12]
- Almost colorless in the ardent daylight, they greedily consumed everything they approached, and white ashes marked their track. [10]
- As they approached the apartments occupied by Caesarion, Antyllus's loud voice reached them through the open door, whose curtain was only half drawn. [10]
- As Pierre approached that street the smoke became denser and denser--he even felt the heat of the fire. [2]
- Her eyes showed that she had been weeping violently, and as her husband approached she again sobbed painfully. [10]
- The excitement approached that of a presidential election, and became the dominant topic at quick-lunch counters and in street-cars. [9]
- The only thing that had ever even approached it, was the time long gone by, but never forgotten, nor even referred to without wonder and pride, when two circuses and a Fourth of July fell together. [5]
- He too approached that group and listened with a kindly smile and nods of approval, as he always did, to what the speaker was saying. [2]
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