She moved closer to the nurse, and the latter, noting that she was trembling with apprehension, placed her right arm caressingly around her.
Never before had she beheld the forms of white women in the Quaska region, and she was most anxious for a closer inspection.
The more he talked, the closer she clung to him, and begged him not to leave her.
For a few brief heart beats the child lifted her head, looked searchingly into his eyes, and then with a piteous wail of despair clung to him closer than ever.
As they approached the landing-place, the boats edged closer in towards the northern shore, and the woody precipices rose high on their left, like a wall of undistinguished blackness.
The latter, who were the conspicuous actors in the events of the ensuing narrative, demand a closer attention.
The thin line of troops who took possession of the deserted part of the circle were, from their small numbers, brought closer in towards the centre.
An unusual sympathy bound us together from childhood, and there was never a closer tie between brother and sister.
Congdon's free hand worked convulsively; he bentcloser to Archie and whispered: "I've killed a man!
Several times she appealed to him for confirmation on some point, and he edged closer and stood beside her defensively.
There are two belts of wampum," he said, and the Indians crowded closer about him; "you know what they mean.
Those troublesome tears that all day have been so close to her seem closer than ever now.
Baltimore laughs lightly, returns her glance four-fold, and draws his chair a quarter of an inch closerto hers.
He goescloser to her, and ventures to take her hand.
The pine gum, as it dried, held the lids of his eyes closer and closer shut.
Closer, and closer the boiling porridge crept to the little Indian boy, and soon Greedy Fawn and his stick were nearly buried in porridge.
The hunter and his little son drew closer and watched the last flame flicker and die out.
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.
And when a bright, happy glance from her had thanked him for these words, he drew her closer to him, asking: "Did you often think of me?
Cambyses came closer and kissed her lips; they were growing cold in death.
The pine-tree and the fir stopped quarrelling, and the snowdrop nestled closer to the vine, while the vine hugged the pine-tree very tightly.
Barbara, with a shiver, as she drew her tattered little shawl thecloser around her benumbed body.
The crude pig iron is made white hot in the furnace; it is thence taken and rolled seven times through, between two iron cylinders, which are screwed closer together after every revolution.
It is then passed seven times more between two narrow cylinders, which are also screwed closer after each time the plate passes.
Walter, seating her beside him, and pressing her closer with his arm to the bosom on which she leaned.
It is very natural," said Otaitsa, nestling closer to him.
When within about thirty yards, the Grey Dove halted, whispered a word or two to those who followed, and then, bending down, crept closer to the lodge.
She moved closer to the doctor, and bent a look of candid fondness upon him.
The latter lay a long distance from the ship, the battleship's commander not daring to draw closer for fear of smashing into the sinking vessel, so strong was the sea.
They, being of lesser draught, could get in closer to shore and could get the torpedo out in case it drove into shallow water as before.
A practice spin, the night before, had put Dan and his men in closer touch.
All the time, with his snail-like pace, he has been coming closer and closer to the king-row.
Indians," she murmured as Johnny camecloser to her sled.
Little groups of true friends, drawn closer together by the winds of adversity, stand back to back, fighting the battle together.
She heard her name pronounced, and more entreatingly, and closer to her.
Dahlia had now been absent for very many months, and Rhoda's growing fretfulness sprang the conviction in her mind that something closer than letters must soon be coming.
He stood motionless so many moments, and the King never stirred, but only pressed closer and closer against his bosom as though he knew that this was his eternal farewell to his master.
She started as the word caught her eye and broke her reverie; the color came warmer into her cheek; she looked closer and closer at the box; then, with a rapid movement, turned her head and gazed at her companion.
The Ducal and the October let me in for it enough; I never was closer in my life.
There was no cloak or covering to fling over him; she took off her blue cloth tunic and threw it across his chest, and, shivering despite herself, curledcloser to the little fire.
To speak of love to her was forbidden to him, yet the insidious temptation wound close and closer round his strength.
The pursuers came closer and closer, and by the clamors that floated up in indistinct and broken fragments, he knew that they had tracked him.
The King thrust his noble head closer in his master's bosom, and made a little murmuring noise, as though he said, "Try me!
He sought to shake her off, first gently, then more rudely; he called her mad, and tried to fling her from him; but the lithe fingers only wound themselves closer on his arm.
Twice I became a father: need I add that this fond tie bound me still closer to the partner of my home and heart?
Were I asked what had excited this curiosity regarding the history of a stranger, and with what objects I sought a closer acquaintance with the incognita, I could not answer the question.
As I came closer he began dancing and gabbling in a sing-song tune, "Ha, ha!
She rose languidly, tucked the blanket closer about the sleeping child's head.
She remembered how, the night before, the realization of her despair had brought her closer to the Cross.
The mud cellar was between her and the waiting man, and as she peered closer to see if Ben were still there one brilliant tangle of hair fell over her shoulder.
Here also on closer inspection, was a woman with the seal of some terrible past suffering set on her for the rest of her life.
For more than ten years an interminable lawsuit coiled itself closer and closer round the place, sequestering it from human habitation, and even from human approach.
She recovered herself, and folded her cloak closer to her, as if she had felt a passing chill.
The crouching man draws closer and hides himself in the woman's skirts.
The man whom he had addressed, thinking that Policles had demanded a seat, pressed closer to his neighbour, and so the shepherd found himself sitting at the end of the bench which was nearest to the door.
Then they sat closer together and the woman whispered: "'And I'd turn my back upon things eternal To lie on your breast a little while.
This section, which again looks at first sight like an abrupt transition to another subject, is found, upon closer examination, to grow quite naturally out of the preceding one.
But that opposition to Paul which, on a superficial glance, we are disposed to ascribe to the Epistle of James, disappears on a closer examination.
And in an earlier chapter we have a still closer parallel to the spirit of this verse: "Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand" (xiii.
Our road led closer to the hills, which here increased in elevation, presenting an outline of conical peaks three hundred to five hundred feet high.
Coming evidently from a locality entirely different, our specimens show very few species in common with those brought by Mr. Dana, but bear a much closer resemblance to those inhabiting the northeastern states.
And the girl clung closer to her mother as she heard the pleasant words.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "closer" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
