Examples of nearby in a Sentence
grabbed the nearby quilt and gently laid it over the sleeping child
I'll be nearby if you need anything
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In a summery music video that arrived alongside the song, the guys lounge by the pool in deck chairs, do canon balls into the water and show off some of their signature choreography in a grassy area with a picnic table nearby.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 May 2025
Other fans nearby climbed over and were celebrating like crazy with the people in the wheelchairs.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 2 May 2025
People nearby can become infected by breathing in the droplets.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
North Bergen Police Chief Robert Farley said the heroes included three nurses from a nearby doctor’s office and another man who’d been walking nearby.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 May 2025
Other fans nearby climbed over and were celebrating like crazy with the people in the wheelchairs.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 2 May 2025
People nearby can become infected by breathing in the droplets.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
North Bergen Police Chief Robert Farley said the heroes included three nurses from a nearby doctor’s office and another man who’d been walking nearby.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
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“Nearby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nearby. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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nearby
adverb or adjective
near·by
ni(ə)r-ˈbī 
ˈni(ə)r-ˌbī
: close at hand
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