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move towards
The enemy army came nearer and nearer
They are drawing near
We were approaching our destination
How To Use draw near In A Sentence
- It looked as if he and Bruce would have to swim the last twenty yards to shore, but Donovan spotted a DUKW amphibious truck and shouted at the Duck driver to draw near. Wild Bill Donovan
- It is important to note further here that as the elections draw nearer, the country is going to witness more of such leaders emerge to portray themselves as messiahs with a sole assignment to ‘liberate’ the nation.
- The waif is a pennoned pole, two or three of which are carried by every boat; and which, when additional game is at hand, are inserted upright into the floating body of a dead whale, both to mark its place on the sea, and also as token of prior possession, should the boats of any other ship draw near. Moby Dick: or, the White Whale
- And the emeer said: "Draw near to him, and investigate his case: perhaps he will discover it, and perhaps thou wilt learn his history. The Arabian Nights Their Best-known Tales
- So she sat down and unveiled her face; 217 and, when the King saw her beauty, his reason fled his head and he made her draw near and showed her favour, appointing her an especial palace for herself and her damsels, and assigning them solde and allowances. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- As these contrary properties strive with each other they move towards unity and harmony, the concepts draw near to each other and "the path up and down is one and the same.
- But we have now “boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the vail, that is to say, his flesh: and having an high priest over the house of God, we may draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith,” Heb. x. Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost
- May none of the dwellers in heaven Draw near to me ever.
- After the first two years, even a "reinvented" jai alai wouldn't draw near that many. Archive 2008-03-01
- Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living; way, which he hath consecrated for us through the vail, that is to say, his flesh; and having a high priest over the house of God; let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries.