How to Use draw near in a Sentence

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• Young men in plain T-shirts draw near and call out their wares: Pills.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
• As the midterm elections draw near, staff in her office are on edge.
  — Time, 4 Nov. 2022
• As midterm elections draw near in Texas, is water on the ballot?
  — Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Oct. 2022
• As midterms draw near, the ‘balance of power’ takes center stage.
  — Marc Levy, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2022
• The Eaglets are 30-0 on the season, as the Catholic League playoffs and state tournament draw near.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2022
• Baseball payments draw near The first real test case may be baseball.
  — Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2023
• In rare moments, somebody from one of these little groups, as if sent on reconnaissance, would draw near to us.
  — Ishion Hutchinson, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2022
• My walk, after all, is naturally bowlegged, so that my feet point out as my knees draw near.
  — Outside Online, 25 Jan. 2021
• As the holidays draw near, people may ask familiar questions: Who will be hosting?
  — Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Nov. 2022
• The convergence of those forces as the November elections draw near raises the chances that some of the candidates who don’t win, along with their allies, are likely to question their defeats.
  — Amy Gardner, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Oct. 2022
• Oh, there are still impact players available, and as the final days draw near, a flurry of waiver claims and minor trades and probably a couple of major ones will pop off.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2022
• In a few short months, the weather will turn crisp, the holiday season will draw near, and the coronavirus may embark on its third consecutive winter of death and devastation.
  — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022
• Mentions in Twitter posts on the right have spiked during major political news events, and experts worry the overheated language will spread as the midterm elections draw near.
  — Sheera Frenkel, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2022
• Tyler Biadasz might be the least decorated of Dallas’ linemen but his absence also necessitates a lot of lineup shuffling as the playoffs draw near.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 29 Dec. 2022
• As the midterms draw near, commentators are also contending with the unintended consequences of their cheating claims.
  — New York Times, 5 July 2022
• As gas prices continue to steadily climb, a contingent of Democratic senators is calling for the suspension of the federal gas tax—a move that could find some broader support as midterm elections draw near.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2022
• Jon Hurst, president of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts, said retailers of all shapes and sizes are feeling the squeeze, making that must-have gift that much harder to find as the holidays draw near.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2021
• Lower-income voters tend to become more engaged as elections draw near, meaning voting before Election Day — and the accompanying deadlines — doesn’t work well for them.
  — Jonathan Lai, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2020
• As the Games draw near, significant opposition continues to dominate the discussion in Japan.
  — Stacy St. Clair, chicagotribune.com, 18 July 2021
• For adventure, andBeyond swaps game drives for trout fishing, whitewater rafting, and hikes up the cartoonishly conical Villarrica volcano, which puffs in the distance, daring travelers to draw near.
  — Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2021
• Gas prices typically increase as Memorial Day and summer draw near and, as vaccine distribution increases and more states relax restrictions, people are starting to venture out more frequently.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 20 Sep 2024