Sentence examples for but not approaching from inspiring English sources
"I would say [it's going to be] low, perhaps one of the lowest, but not approaching 2007," said Meier, referring to the record lows that year when the Arctic lost an area of ice the size of Alaska in one year.
In a few towns along some tributaries of the Mississippi River, the recent flooding has already done more damage; elsewhere, along the Mississippi itself, nearly every community from the Iowa-Minnesota border into parts of Missouri is above flood stage, Mr. Fournier said, but not approaching the levels of 15 years ago, when about 50,000 homes in nine states were damaged or destroyed.
He might feel happier if he could live in a huge perspex bubble where he could be seen, acclaimed, but not approached.
She's an isolate, watched but not approached.
But I'm not approaching the holiday with loneliness or anxiety.
Fine players, those two, but they are not approaching All-Star status and perhaps never will.
But that day is not approaching any time soon.
But right now, we're not approaching that limit.
