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Sentences starting with closer

Closer it comes and closer, without a pause, and followed by fresh shouting, as a flock of daws follow an owl flying across the twilight, swelling again to irrepressible triumph as the expected potentate rushes past Melissa and her neighbors. [10]

Sentences ending with closer

Whatever the end, whatever happens to the thing I want to do, I--" He drew her closer. [11]
You see, Cauchon was managing to narrow her chances more and more all the time; he was drawing the toils closer and closer. [5]
Melissa drew her veil closer and clung more tightly to her brother, for a sound of singing and wild cries, which she had heard behind her for some time, was now coming closer. [10]
The Duke withdrew to the window again, and seated himself in the embrasure, at some little distance from the Englishman, who at once got up and brought his chair closer. [11]
I stood up to begin, and he told me to come closer. [5]
For two days they travelled, the friendship between them growing hourly closer. [11]
Slowly Wrangle closed the gap down to a quarter of a mile, and crept closer and closer. [13]
He had also the consolation of liking his work, and of getting an instant grasp of it that grew constantly firmer and closer. [8]
Meantime he was humming to himself just as before; and meantime, too, the stove was getting hotter and hotter, and the place closer and closer. [5]
And he held her closer. [13]

Short sentences using closer

No translation could be closer. [5]
It attracted closer attention. [13]

Sentences containing closer two or more times

Bess shrank closer to him and closer, found his hands, and pressed them tightly over her ears, and dropped her face upon his shoulder, and hid her eyes. [13]
She kept turning steadily, singing to herself the while, as with anxiety she saw the Indians drawing closer and closer in from the gate. [11]
Keeping in the shadow Venters went closer and closer until he could hear voices. [13]
The first lightning rent the sky and the storm came up in haste, bursting above our heads, and as the thunder roared closer and closer after the flash I was more and more frightened. [10]
In his uneasiness Huck found himself drawing closer and closer to the alley; fearing all sorts of dreadful things, and momentarily expecting some catastrophe to happen that would take away his breath. [5]
The harmony between him and his wife grew closer and closer and he daily discovered fresh spiritual treasures in her. [2]
Coello felt her fingers press his shoulder closer and closer. [10]
When they had crossed the Crimean bridge the prisoners moved a few steps forward, halted, and again moved on, and from all sides vehicles and men crowded closer and closer together. [2]
For she edged closer and closer, and then, by way of feminine capitulation, went to Jane, from whose side she bent a beautiful glance upon the rider. [13]
I come closer and closer to the light, and then I see a dreadful thing. [11]

More example sentences with the word closer in them

In all these years, I've been closer to him than any one else, and I don't know him today half as well as you do. [9]
Beautiful, wild, invested with the mystery which belongs to untrodden spaces, and with enough of terror to give it dignity, it had yet closer relations with the town over which it brooded than the passing stranger knew of. [6]
It was Bowman who asked this question, he being closer to Clark than any of the other captains. [9]
And so two well-equipped and heavily freighted natures may be the best of companions to each other, and yet must never attempt to come into closer union. [6]
And presently, when we drew a little closer, he gave one big shout and whipped off the hat from his head; and off, too, came the caps from the white heads of Scipio and Chess and Johnson behind him. [9]
But idle lamenting was of as little use here as at any other time; so she resolutely drew her veil closer round her head and called to her brother, "Wait here till I return! [10]
The Executive approval was given by me to the resolution mentioned, and it is now by a closer attention and a fuller knowledge of facts that I feel constrained to recommend a reconsideration of the subject. [7]
Now he responded, walked round her, coming closer, till his body made a half-circle about her, and his head was at her knees. [11]
That will bring us even closer together. [9]
The mainsail closed up several points, the Ninety-Nine slackened her pace and edged in closer to the land. [11]
His forehead was unwrinkled--a rare thing in that prairie country where the dry air corrugates the skin; his light-brown hair curled loosely on the brow, graduating back to closer, crisper curls which in their thickness made a kind of furry cap. [11]
She shrank closer to the wall, but the seconds became minutes, and no one appeared. [10]
She came closer to Margaret and seemed about to fawn physically upon her. [8]
She was glad to have Ulrich clasp her so firmly, so she pressed her cheek closer to his, loosened her fingers from his neck, caressingly stroked his face with her cold hand, and murmured: "You are kind, Ulrich, and I love you! [10]
She shrank closer to Ephraim from a perfumed lady who sat next to her in the car, and was thankful when at last they found themselves in the corridor of the Astor House standing before the desk. [9]
She drew closer to Caldwell's side. [9]
At the same time he felt that the deeper the ground sank under him the closer bound he involuntarily became to the order. [2]
But the bare thought of having so soon lost the power to bind him to her aroused a storm of feeling in her passionate soul, and when it subsided bitter thoughts followed, and a series of plans which, on closer examination, proved impracticable. [10]
Like the others this fifth man seemed calm; he wrapped his loose cloak closer and rubbed one bare foot with the other. [2]
In the camp they were brought into closer relations. [10]
I believe that 'The Weavers' represents a wider outlook of life, closer understanding of the problems which perplex society, and a clearer view of the verities than any previous book written by me, whatever its popularity may have been. [11]
At this moment the lion crept closer to his master. [10]
As he reached the Haidplatz new questions of closer interest were casting these of supreme importance into the shade. [10]
He merely snuggled the closer to his friend, in a luxury of warm contentment, and drifted blissfully out of consciousness into a deep and dreamless sleep that was full of serenity and peace. [5]
It was then that, through the long funeral line, men with hard-set faces came closer up together, and forty, detaching themselves from the well-kept run of marching lodgemen, closed up around the horses and the hearse, making a solid flanking force. [11]
But Herbert said that the closer an imitation is to an original, the more unendurable it is. [4]
Each individual felt that he was a fellow-prisoner of his neighbor, and drew closer to companions of his own rank and opinions. [10]
I heard more than enough; for, as we got closer to the Serapeum, the more slowly was the chariot obliged to proceed, to make its way through the crowd. [10]
The difference in temperature between the two days was very marked, their day being hotter than mine because it was closer to the equator. [5]
That there is some profound instinctive impulse which is drawing them closer together no one who watches them can for a moment doubt. [6]
For me, the situation would have been more awkward had I been less occupied, had my relationship with Maude been a closer one. [9]
They must have seen us, but at first they showed no desire for a closer acquaintance. [4]
Last February, when Rudyard Kipling was ill in America, the sympathy which was poured out to him was genuine and sincere, and I believe that which cost Kipling so much will bring England and America closer together. [5]
At this Amru rose, went closer to him, and said "And you will seek them in vain, my young friend; nor, if you found them, could you use them. [10]
The horses they rode travelled so close that the leg of the Indian crowded the leg of the white man; and the wilder the storm grew, the closer still they rode. [11]
A closer view revealed that most of them were contented, and some actually cheerful. [9]
I feel mighty proud of that degree; in fact, I could squeeze the truth a little closer and say vain of it. [5]
So we went plowing past the sterns of steamboats and getting closer and closer--the crash was bound to come very soon--and still that hat never budged; for alas, the captain was napping in the texas.... [5]
By some incredible oversight on the part of Mr. Pardriff, the ringing words were not there,--nay, the soul-stirring events of that eventful day appeared, on closer inspection, to have been deliberately edited out! [9]
The Mukaukas answered only by a sign, drew his long caftan of the finest wool closer around him, and pointed to the doors and the open roof. [10]
I do hope, on closer inspection, you will find they are not half gone. [7]
The dull rumble of thousands of hoofs deepened into continuous low thunder, and as the steers swept swiftly closer the thunder became a heavy roll. [13]
By taking advantage of the British experience, of the closer ties now being knit between the two democracies, we may in America be spared a stage which in Britain was necessary. [9]
Rameses did not observe the Regent's dismay, for he had signed to Mena to come closer to him. [10]
The officer"--she did not say sergeant--"who commanded the firing squad, he was what is called a compadre of my father--" "Yes, I understand--a made-brother, sealed with an oath, which binds closer than a blood-brother. [11]
If there was not an instinct for all three of them in that meeting, an unreasoning tendency toward a closer intimacy, then Jane Withersteen believed she had been subject to a queer fancy. [13]
Maitresse Aimable again nodded, and her arm drew closer about Guida. [11]
They spoke of most ordinary things, yet she felt that they were closer to one another than she had ever been to any man. [2]
He hesitated a minute longer, then said: "I'll not wait," patted his horse's neck, pulled the blanket closer round him, and started for the Fort. [11]
In a few miles of that swinging canter Wrangle had crept appreciably closer to the three horses. [13]
The whole moving mass began pressing closer together and a report spread that they were ordered to halt: evidently those in front had halted. [2]
Ever since she married Jerry she's stuck to the Graingers closer than a sister. [9]
An eager fantastic look shot from his eye, "when I gambled this away at Lucca,"--his hand drew the bundle closer to him--"but I won it back again--at a price! [11]
But let him look closer, and he finds nothing but deep corruption, foul cunning, despicable self-seeking, and atrocious faithlessness! [10]
Gradually, from this long-range practice with single guns and exchange of broadsides, they drifted into closer conflict, rushed together, and we lost sight of the individual combatants in the general tumult of this aerial war. [4]
Marse Dave," said Lindy earnestly, lowering her voice and taking a step closer to me, "I done reckon de Mistis gwine ter die ob lonesomeness. [9]
Our intercourse is likely to be closer, our business relations will become more inseparable. [4]
It must be late, for Hermon felt the cool breeze, which in this region rose between midnight and sunrise, on his burned face and, shivering, drew his mantle closer round him. [10]
During the march Joshua kept the warriors together as closely as though an attack might be expected; profiting meanwhile by every moment to give the men and their captains instructions for the coming battle, to inspect them, and range their ranks in closer order. [10]
The land bill is just as far away as ever, and the trial is closer at hand. [5]
It brings us into closer relations with him. [10]
He must come into closer relations with her, so as to withdraw her thoughts from this fellow, and to find out more exactly what was the state of her affections, if she had any. [6]
Thousands of candles in the chandeliers and candelabra diffused a radiance as brilliant as that of day and, confused by the noise and waves of light which surged around her, she had drawn closer to her father, clinging to him for protection. [10]
I reckon now I'll have to keep a little closer hid myself. [13]
Her uncle shrugged his shoulders, mounted the roan, wrapped the dark cloak closer around him, beckoned Nicolas to his side, and rode on with him in advance of the servants. [10]
She signed for him to come closer, and then whispered a name. [4]
He had instructed him in horsemanship and the use of the sword, and during the last year shared everything with him and young Count Gleichen as if they were three brothers and, like a brother, the prince had constantly grown closer to his heart. [10]
He noticed this hesitation in Dron's look and therefore frowned and moved closer up to him. [2]
She was in her night-gown, and she stood still, as though listening; yet, as Charley looked closer, he realised that it was an unconscious, passive listening, and that she did not know he was there. [11]
He loved to hear her talk, and she had information which was no doubt truer than most he received--was closer to the brine, as it were. [11]
And the closer he looked the more tranquil and happy he became. [2]
More than once he cleared his throat to commence, while Mr. Drew pulled his scant clothing closer about him, his whiskers playing in the breeze. [9]
A liar too,' he added, in a lower voice as he drew closer to me, 'who knows how dear she is to me, and seeks to wound me even there, because there is a stranger nearby. [12]
His suite, not having expected this, involuntarily came closer to him. [2]
Of late I had seemed closer to my father, and his letters, though formal, had given evidence of his affection; in his repressed fashion he had made it clear that he looked forward to the time when I was to practise with him. [9]
The wolf crouched, gnashed her teeth, and again rose and bounded forward, followed at the distance of a couple of feet by all the borzois, who did not get any closer to her. [2]
But Raban had glanced out, and hastily drew the cloth jerkin, patched with green and blue linen, closer through his belt, ejaculating anxiously: "Young Groland of the Council. [10]
She stole a glance at the man close beside her; a delightful fear of him made her shiver, and she shrank closer into the corner of the seat. [9]
But, as they get farther from the river, and leave the closer portions of the town behind, they are able to dispense with this precaution and to proceed at a brisker rate. [12]
He tried to get a trifle closer to the stove, and the consequence was, he tripped the supporting poker and the stove-door tumbled to the floor. [5]
But such thoughts generally ended soon in her pressing the little one closer than ever to her heart, and blaming herself for ingratitude and folly. [10]
The road the French would take was unknown, and so the closer our troops trod on their heels the greater distance they had to cover. [2]
The closer the first of these bridging gyri lies to the longitudinal fissure, the shorter is the external parieto-occipital fissure" (loc. [1]
This excellent woman first made him familiar with the maternal feminine solicitude, closer observation of which afterwards led him, as well as Pestalozzi, to a reform of the system of educating youth. [10]
Then, shaking her finger at him, she hastily sat down on the chest beside the fireplace, wound the kerchief which had fallen off closer around her neck, and, without the least embarrassment, pulled up her stockings. [10]
Few words were exchanged, and they wrapped their cloaks closer around them. [10]
When the meal ended, and the men pushed back their chairs, she leaned closer to Lassiter and looked square into his eyes. [13]
He pressed his ear closer to her breast. [13]
After that he drew his chair closer to hers that he might better impress upon her what she was to say to Melchior. [10]
He felt the dogs huddle closer to him. [13]
She this day displayed some strange appendage in the lobes of her ears, which on closer examination I found to be a twist of thread. [10]
Prince Andrew's last days had bound Princess Mary and Natasha together; this new sorrow brought them still closer to one another. [2]
If any one could give her satisfaction, it was she and the demons who obeyed her will, and the old woman was glad to oblige Ledscha; she was bound to her by closer ties than most people in Tennis knew. [10]
Dron on the contrary retired to the rear and the crowd drew closer together. [2]
In this closer communion with Edith, whose ideas he began to comprehend, Jack dimly apprehended this view, and for the moment impulsively accepted it. [4]
The men crowded closer together, stirred, and rapidly took off their hats. [2]
When Venters got closer to these he saw knots of men standing together in earnest conversation. [13]
The dogs clung closer to him. [13]
She clung the closer to him, and leaned her panting breast on him, and lifted her face to his. [13]
He drew her closer to him, and kissed her tenderly. [4]

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