nearby
[ˌnɪrˈbaɪ]
Definition:
1. Not far away in relative terms.
2. Close at hand.
'nearby' example sentence:
- He supported himself by means of a nearby post.
- The Great Pyramids and the Sphinx are nearby.
- She could hear the voices of her friends as they splashed in a nearby rock pool.
- A patient going through acute detox will have an assigned nurse nearby.
- He is visiting at a hotel nearby.
- They live nearby.
- The explosion shook the foundations of the houses nearby.
- The fleeing rebels found a sanctuary in the nearby church.
- New uptown is nearby the high way.
- She discovered the problem by accident during a visit to a nearby school.
- The car is parked nearby.
- Her partially clothed body was found in woods nearby.
- The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs.
- Nancy dropped into a nearby chair.
- An owl hooted nearby.
- They turned their telescopes toward other nearby galaxies.
- Nearby was a factory which exuded a pungent smell.
- At a nearby table a man was complaining in a loud voice.
- Police evacuated nearby buildings.
- We're going to build a new school nearby the station.
- When a nearby shop burned down, our stock was ruined by smoke.
- The helicopter crashed to earth nearby.
- Nearby there is a stretch of white sand beach perfect for sunbathing.
- From the reports of guns we knew that hunters must be nearby.
- Officers will also continue their search of nearby open ground.
- He works in the nearby police station.
- Her husband was assailed by a young man with a knife in a nearby park.
- We dumped our bags at the nearby Grand Hotel and hurried towards the market.
- Though they all live nearby, I lost contact with them really quickly.
- The cow in the nearby field was still chewing placidly on its cud.
- He spoke softly to a couple standing nearby.
- Two more bodies were found nearby after the shooting.
- There were complaints from nearby residents.
- We have three sons but none of them lives/ live nearby.
- There is less expensive accommodation nearby.
- Her yell sent nearby grouse running for cover.
- He was dead on arrival at the nearby hospital.
- The river burst its banks and flooded nearby towns.
- The fire spread from the factory to the houses nearby.
- Nearby, nestling in the hills, was the children's home.
- He might easily have been seen by someone who lived nearby.
- A big earthquake a long way off is preferable to a smaller one nearby.
- Her mother lived in a nearby town.
- Luckily there was a taxi rank nearby.
- The bullet ricocheted off a nearby wall.
- The firemen pulled down some nearby sheds to stop the fire spreading.
- There was no one nearby who might see him trying to break into the house.
- Ambulances took the injured to a nearby hospital.
- The two wounded men were taken to a nearby hospital.
- We will stop nearby for lunch.
- Within minutes the area was swarming with officers who began searching a nearby wood.
- Where there is water nearby, make a special effort to breed fish.
- Danny looked down at the stream bubbling through the trees nearby.
- Mrs. Haines stood nearby, holding scissors to cut a ribbon.
- A dozen nearby sparrows chirruped back.
- Small local shops stop being economic when a supermarket opens up nearby.
- There were one or two suspicious looks from nearby.
- Waste water is pumped from the factory into a nearby river.
- The hut was constructed from trees that grew in the nearby forest.
- Nearby roads and the dirt track to the beach were jammed with cars.