Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: nearing
IPA transcription: [n'ɪɹɪŋ]
Pronunciations of nearing
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Usage examples
  • But he laid it around the nearing shoulder of his wife.
  • It was nearing the middle of June, and it was getting to be a very hot June at that.
  • Till the evening, nearing, One the shutters drew -- Quick! a sharper rustling! And this linnet flew!
  • "Yes; I--I think you are nearing home, my dear boy; the land where 'the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick.'"
  • In the mean time Telemachus and his crew were nearing land, so they loosed the sails, took down the mast, and rowed the ship into the harbour.
  • Now in 1812, to anyone living in close touch with these people it was apparent that these undercurrents were acting strongly and nearing an eruption.
  • In spite of all I could say or do to the contrary, he persisted in saying that the ship was rapidly nearing us, and in making preparations to go on board of her.
  • Ah, then we must be nearing the town,--this big bush that we are passing through, you remember it surely as the great swamp just this side of the bridge over the Ossawippi?
  • Approaching, nearing, curious, Thou dim, uncertain spectre--bringest thou life or death? Strength, weakness, blindness, more paralysis and heavier? Or placid skies and sun?
  • Meanwhile the hut proceeds; altogether there are four layers of boarding to go on, two of which are nearing completion; it will be some time before the rest and the insulation is on.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, License CC BY-SA 4.0