nearby

[ˌnɪrˈbaɪ]

Definition:
1. Not far away in relative terms.
2. Close at hand.

Use 'nearby' in a sentence:

• 1. He supported himself by means of a nearby post.
• 2. The Great Pyramids and the Sphinx are nearby.
• 3. She could hear the voices of her friends as they splashed in a nearby rock pool.
• 4. A patient going through acute detox will have an assigned nurse nearby.
• 5. He is visiting at a hotel nearby.
• 6. They live nearby.
• 7. The explosion shook the foundations of the houses nearby.
• 8. The fleeing rebels found a sanctuary in the nearby church.
• 9. New uptown is nearby the high way.
• 10. She discovered the problem by accident during a visit to a nearby school.
• 11. The car is parked nearby.
• 12. Her partially clothed body was found in woods nearby.
• 13. The peacocks roost in nearby shrubs.
• 14. Nancy dropped into a nearby chair.
• 15. An owl hooted nearby.
• 16. They turned their telescopes toward other nearby galaxies.
• 17. Nearby was a factory which exuded a pungent smell.
• 18. At a nearby table a man was complaining in a loud voice.
• 19. Police evacuated nearby buildings.
• 20. We're going to build a new school nearby the station.
• 21. When a nearby shop burned down, our stock was ruined by smoke.
• 22. The helicopter crashed to earth nearby.
• 23. Nearby there is a stretch of white sand beach perfect for sunbathing.
• 24. From the reports of guns we knew that hunters must be nearby.
• 25. Officers will also continue their search of nearby open ground.
• 26. He works in the nearby police station.
• 27. Her husband was assailed by a young man with a knife in a nearby park.
• 28. We dumped our bags at the nearby Grand Hotel and hurried towards the market.
• 29. Though they all live nearby, I lost contact with them really quickly.
• 30. The cow in the nearby field was still chewing placidly on its cud.
• 31. He spoke softly to a couple standing nearby.
• 32. Two more bodies were found nearby after the shooting.
• 33. There were complaints from nearby residents.
• 34. We have three sons but none of them lives/ live nearby.
• 35. There is less expensive accommodation nearby.
• 36. Her yell sent nearby grouse running for cover.
• 37. He was dead on arrival at the nearby hospital.
• 38. The river burst its banks and flooded nearby towns.
• 39. The fire spread from the factory to the houses nearby.
• 40. Nearby, nestling in the hills, was the children's home.
• 41. He might easily have been seen by someone who lived nearby.
• 42. A big earthquake a long way off is preferable to a smaller one nearby.
• 43. Her mother lived in a nearby town.
• 44. Luckily there was a taxi rank nearby.
• 45. The bullet ricocheted off a nearby wall.
• 46. The firemen pulled down some nearby sheds to stop the fire spreading.
• 47. There was no one nearby who might see him trying to break into the house.
• 48. Ambulances took the injured to a nearby hospital.
• 49. The two wounded men were taken to a nearby hospital.
• 50. We will stop nearby for lunch.
• 51. Within minutes the area was swarming with officers who began searching a nearby wood.
• 52. Where there is water nearby, make a special effort to breed fish.
• 53. Danny looked down at the stream bubbling through the trees nearby.
• 54. Mrs. Haines stood nearby, holding scissors to cut a ribbon.
• 55. A dozen nearby sparrows chirruped back.
• 56. Small local shops stop being economic when a supermarket opens up nearby.
• 57. There were one or two suspicious looks from nearby.
• 58. Waste water is pumped from the factory into a nearby river.
• 59. The hut was constructed from trees that grew in the nearby forest.
• 60. Nearby roads and the dirt track to the beach were jammed with cars.