How to use "nearer" in a sentence

'How long have we been friends, Forrest? Thirty years? Sometimes it doesn't seem true.' She moved nearer, and gave me a kiss

A sound that he recognises; a sound that is getting nearer

She came nearer and I could feel her breath on my face.

'Exactly, Madam.' The Inspector moved his chair a little nearer

It was also not generally understood that because Mars is older and smaller than our Earth, and further from the sun, it is nearer life's end as well as further from its beginning.

As I got nearer, I heard Stent's voice:

I closed the door noiselessly and moved nearer the window

We heard the distant sound of a gun, then another nearer, and then another

The Black Smoke moved slowly towards the river all through Monday morning, slowly getting nearer and nearer to us, coming at last along the road outside the house that hid us.

As I came nearer, I saw that he was dressed in clothes as dusty and dirty as my own

I marched on without fear towards this great machine, and then, as I came nearer and the light grew, I saw that a number of black birds were circling and gathering around the top of it

'What will her face be like?' I asked myself as she got nearer