Sentence examples for stood nearer from inspiring English sources

In 1907, Henry Adams, recalling the era of his childhood, wrote that "in essentials like religion, ethics, philosophy; in history, literature, art; in the concepts of all science, except perhaps mathematics, the American boy of 1854 stood nearer the year 1 than to the year 1900".

She stands nearer.

I don't stand near bushes.

The others merely stand near them a worthy position nonetheless.

Each end stands near, but not on, one of the bases.

The host stood near the door.

A security guard stood near the door.

I stood near Ferguson's table.

Three soldiers stood near the barricade.

Gilcoyne stood near the finish line.

Some college scouts stood near a wall.