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 one snapshot, the hypnotherapist appeared to rub the Friends alum' shoulders while her pals sat nearby on the ship's deck.
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Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 14 July 2025
In one case, someone nearby came to the aid of the victim, killing the eagle with a machete.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2025
The teen died at the scene, and Ali tried to flee but was arrested nearby, Nassau County cops said.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 13 July 2025
In Arizona, the North Rim in Grand Canyon National Park is still closed because of a 2.3 square-mile (6.1 square-kilometer) wildfire and another fire nearby on Bureau of Land Management land that has burned nearly 17 square miles (44 square kilometers).
—Jack Dura, Fortune, 13 July 2025
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Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 14 July 2025
In one case, someone nearby came to the aid of the victim, killing the eagle with a machete.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2025
The teen died at the scene, and Ali tried to flee but was arrested nearby, Nassau County cops said.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 13 July 2025
In Arizona, the North Rim in Grand Canyon National Park is still closed because of a 2.3 square-mile (6.1 square-kilometer) wildfire and another fire nearby on Bureau of Land Management land that has burned nearly 17 square miles (44 square kilometers).
—Jack Dura, Fortune, 13 July 2025
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“Nearby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nearby. Accessed 19 Jul. 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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