As the night wore on, and the ship, with a very light wind, glided nigher and nigher the mark, Paul called upon Israel to produce his bucket for final inspection.
If't comes to pluggin leaks ye kin look nigherhum nor Bosting," observed Abner.
I benigher eighteen than sebenteen, you knaw, Mister Jan.
Nigher the sound came, and more nigh, Until the King unwittingly Trembled, and felt his hair arise, But on the door still kept his eyes.
So, having drawn a littlenigher to them, he ejaculated, "Oho!
Brer Fox, he come nigher en git on de log; Brer Tarrypin ain't sayin' nothin'.
Brer Fox, he come up little nigher en play, but Brer Tarrypin, he keep he eyes shot en he stay still.
Time he git dar, Brer Fox 'gun ter lip backerds en forerds 'cross de log, and Brer Tarrypin he crope nigher en nigher, twel bimeby he make a grab at Brer Fox en kotch him by de foot.
Brer Fox keep on gittin' nigher en nigher, twel bimeby Brer Tarrypin open he eyes en he mouf bofe, en he make a grab at Brer Fox en miss 'im.
Brer Fox, he come nigher en git on de log; Brer Tarrypin aint sayin' nothin'.
Shove in the canoe nigher to the land, Uncas;[81-4] this sand will take a stamp as easily as the butter of the Jarmans on the Mohawk.
This change had brought them nigher to each other, however, while it altered their relative positions.
I can feel my heart beating wildly against my ribs as we all come nigher and nigher to the cliffs.
Town; nigher in, is foul with the many Anchors lost there by the Portugueze Ships; and farther out (in 14 Fathom) corally and Rocky.
Ye say sooth," quoth the King; "but is he down in the South, or nigher to hand?
Even so be it," said Jack; "but I say that half a score on each side shall be standing on their own bank to see the play, and the rest of the host come no nigher than now we are.
But the next day they found the tree again, and it was nigher to the ladders than heretofore; Grettir drave it out to sea, and said that it should never be borne home.
If you was to spend all the rest o' your life, sir, making shots at it, you wouldn't never get nigher than that.
But long ere this the Rutulians deemed the battle unequal, and their hearts are stirred in changeful motion; and now the more, as they discern nigherthat in ill-matched strength .
Fortune leads him forward in nowise; Apollo aids not with counsel; and more and more the fierce clash swells over the plains, and the havoc draws nigher on.
Meanwhile the evening star draws nigher down the slope of heaven, and now the priests went forth, Potitius at their head, girt with skins after their fashion, and bore torches aflame.
So down they went, and as they drew nigher they saw a tall black-bearded man standing before the tent door, and presently knew him for the chapman who had been such an ill guest to them at their own house.
So then Stephen went to his folk, who were creeping nigher and nigher the Great Bastide, and were as now in broken ground somewhat bushed, a good lurking-place to wit.
We couldn't get no nigher to 'em without bein' diskivered, so we scattered and galloped arter 'em.
Then fear redoubleth mothers' prayers, and nigher draweth dread In peril's hand, and greater still the face of Mars doth grow.
Now," quoth Arthur a Bland to himself, when he had come to that part of the road that cut through a corner of the forest, "no doubt at this time of year the dun deer are coming from the forest depths nigher to the open meadow lands.
Shove in the canoe nigher to the land, Uncas; this sand will take a stamp as easily as the butter of the Jarmans on the Mohawk.
The path soon became more uneven, and the travellers could plainly perceive that the mountains drew nigher to them on each hand, and that they were, in truth, about entering one of their gorges.
It is a Wyandot," said Magua, stepping nigher to the rude platform on which the other stood; "a friend of Tamenund.
Insensibly the young man drew nigher to the swarthy lines of the Hurons, and scarcely breathed, so intense became his interest in the spectacle.
The charge, in that rude species of warfare, consisted merely in pushing from cover to cover, nigher to the enemy; and in this manoeuvre he was instantly and successfully obeyed.
If the white man is the warrior he pretends," said the aged chief, "let him strike nigher to the mark.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nigher" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
