come near

How To Use come near In A Sentence

• Like the meeting of the seagulls and the waves we meet and come near.The seagulls fly off, the waves roll away and we depart.
• He once suggested that my brother handle a bully by puffing up his chest and announcing, ‘If you come near me, I'll expectorate in your countenance.’
• This means that a few get top marks, a big bunch get middling marks, and a few come near the bottom.
• On mentioning the above to another birdcatcher he gave a huge snort of dissatisfaction, and roundly swore that my man knew "nought about it," for he always set his cages as near the nets as possible; "for don't it stand to reason," quoth he, "that if you set your cages fur away, your 'call birds' will 'tice the wild' uns down round 'em? an' they won't come near your nets. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling a
• Like the meeting of the seagulls and the waves we meet and come near.The seagulls fly off, the waves roll away and we depart.
• E'en sae, Milnwood," replied Cuddie; "for the puir quean gat leave to come near me wi 'speaking the loun fair, (d-- n him, that I suld say sae!) and sae she bade me God speed, and she wanted to stap siller into my hand; -- I'se warrant it was the tae half o' her fee and bountith, for she wared the ither half on pinners and pearlings to gang to see us shoot yon day at the popinjay. Old Mortality, Complete
• Like the meeting of the seagulls and the waves we meet and come near.
• I shall immure myself in my quarters, and none of you, "he said, shaking his heavy fore - finger at us," shall come near me until" "he paused dramatically" 'that period is over and I know myself to be clean. Nerilka's Story
• Frequently the ship was surrounded by bonitoes, moving through the waters much like porpoises; and the seamen got their harpoons ready, to strike any which might come near. The South Sea Whaler
• Given the proximity of the interviews, there are still many imponderables that make predicting an outcome near impossible.