verb
definition
To come closer to; to approach.
example
The ship nears the land.
Examples of nearing in a Sentence
It was already nearing eight o'clock.
They must be nearing their destination.
It was nearing noon when the emperor reached the front with the Young Guard, whom he had personally hurried forward.
She pushed him away at the nearing voice.
The rustling sound of nearing footsteps on the forest floor created panic.
Nearing Elisabeth's house, his anticipation grew.
She stared at the broken glass before her and then at the men nearing on the ledge.
He lowered a backpack from his shoulder to the bed, nearing her.
Among his most important canvases must be reckoned "The Pilot Cutter" in 1866, "The Salmon Poachers" in 1869, "The Lifeboat" in 1876, "Highland Pastures" in 1878, "The Beached Margent of the Sea" in 1880, "The Newhaven Packet" (bought by the Birmingham Corporation), and "Catspaws off the Land" (bought by the Chantrey Fund trustees); in 1885, "Mount's Bay" (bought by the Manchester Corporation) in 1886, "Nearing the Needles" in 1888, "Machrihanish Bay, Cantyre," in 1892, "Hove-to for a Pilot" in 1893, and "Glen Orchy," a landscape, in 1895.
During the childbearing period of life some of these will be nearing the ripe condition, and if one such be looked at it will be seen to contain one large cell, the ovum, surrounded by a mass of small cells forming the discus proligerus.
Philip was now nearing his end, and in 1598 he gave his eldest daughter Isabel Albert in marriage to her cousin the archduke Albert, and erected the Netherlands into a sovereign state under their joint rule.
On the fifth day a telegram from Mr Layard was published announcing that the Russians were nearing Constantinople.
A graver mistake, according to some critics, is that Hegel, far from giving a law of progress, seems to suggest that the history of the world is nearing an end, and has merely reduced the past to a logical formula.
Towards the spring of 1818 the work was nearing its end, and Brockhaus of Leipzig had agreed to publish it and pay the author one ducat for every sheet of printed matter.
Thence he procured a passage in a vessel bound for Marseilles, but on the 16th of August, just as the vessel was nearing Marseilles, it fell into the hands of a Spanish corsair.
Yesterday I checked on my story acumen because I thought it was nearing its end date.
If you're an expectant mother nearing or past your due date, you may begin to wonder about inducing labor naturally using black cohosh.
Nearing their ten-year anniversary, the band presently has a DVD in the works that will act as a career retrospective.
Soon, she heard the unmistakable sound of a helo nearing.
After a difficult journey on foot and in canoes, they found themselves nearing the shores of the South Sea and in view of the city.
Sir Chris Bonington Now nearing 70, Chris is still one of our best known adventurers embodying the English spirit of exploration.
Work behind the scenes is nearing completion, when we intend to release the cd, and also its " digital sister " .
Nearing the entrance I saw a commotion over by Hydroponics.
The Housing Scheme on Victoria Street is nearing completion.
Mr Blair knows that this appeal is nearing exhaustion, which is why this will be his last election.
The top floor internal block walls are nearing completion but the external brick facings have only just been started.
The next step will be the development of virtual museums, with a most interesting example nearing fruition.
I am now nearing the end of the project and have a full-time job set up, working as a tree surgeon.
With missions to Mars, Saturn's moon Titan and Jupiter's moon Europa, we could be nearing an answer.
Peter Black, the telecoms adjudicator, announced last week that the number of unbundled lines in the UK is nearing 500,000.
Sounds of hoofs and shouts were nearing the village.
At daybreak, however, those nearing the town at the Dorogomilov bridge saw ahead of them masses of soldiers crowding and hurrying across the bridge, ascending on the opposite side and blocking the streets and alleys, while endless masses of troops were bearing down on them from behind, and an unreasoning hurry and alarm overcame them.
When the mucus changes from a cloudy, tacky substance to a clear, slippery substance, you are nearing ovulation and at your most fertile.
Parents sometimes use these formulas after their children are regularly eating solid foods or are nearing their first birthdays.
A preemie who is growing in a healthy way will have a continuously upward climb of dots, eventually nearing very close to the line of full term babies his age.
In 1904, as the mansion was nearing completion, the workers received a telegram from Mr. Boldt, ceasing operations.
I am nearing 49 and am told that I have young looking skin.
As a teenager in high school you are nearing the finish line in the "race" to becoming a young adult, but it's important to remember that growing-up is not a competition between friends, classmates and other teens in your community.
The Gosselin divorce is nearing its finale, even though Jon came to the proceedings bearing roses.
After all his mid-life crisis type behavior (please, we are all begging, step away from the Ed Hardy gear) over the past months, it turns out that the Gosselin divorce is thisclose to nearing a finale…like the show.
Sadly, reports are beginning to surface that Dennis Hopper's cancer battle is nearing its end.
The club also lists approximately 15 Foundation Stock Service breeds that are nearing official recognition, as well as anoth 47 breeds working toward eventual recognition.
Very little is known about Mother 3, the mysterious sequel to the Mother (EarthBound) series nearing its release in Japan.
As of this writing the game is nearing completion, so everything should be tweaked out and in full magnificence on 10/25/05.
When the top of the baby's head appears at the opening of the vagina, the birth is nearing completion.
This rhythm of warming up can go on for about a half hour, and usually includes basic ballet steps like pliés, relevés, tendus, rond-de-jambes, and maybe some jumps or turns nearing the end of the warm up.
Still, some people attempt to pass themselves off as mortgage brokers and try to entice seniors who are nearing foreclosure by telling them that they can help them stay in their home with a reverse mortgage.
Many women who are nearing or past their due date wonder every day 'how can I make myself go into labor?'.
For women who are nearing the point when they would go into labor naturally, acupressure can tip the scales and start labor contractions.
It has been rocky and I am thinking that it may be nearing the end because so much has happened that I am getting to the point to where I can't remember why I fell in love with him.