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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If not, neighbors, friends, or anyone nearby needs to know that they could be trapped.
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Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
The mother-of-four had to duck down and hide behind a pile of rubble on the side of the road as gunshots echoed nearby.
—Dan Morrison, USA Today, 20 June 2025
The officer immediately sprang into action, borrowing a ladder from nearby.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Iran's state media claimed that the missile was aimed at a military target nearby and denied intentionally hitting the hospital.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 19 June 2025
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Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
The mother-of-four had to duck down and hide behind a pile of rubble on the side of the road as gunshots echoed nearby.
—Dan Morrison, USA Today, 20 June 2025
The officer immediately sprang into action, borrowing a ladder from nearby.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Iran's state media claimed that the missile was aimed at a military target nearby and denied intentionally hitting the hospital.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 19 June 2025
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“Nearby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nearby. Accessed 28 Jun. 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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