In a sentence
Six example sentences with advance, each labelled with its topic.
Villagers marked the glacier's edge with cairns each spring, and for two decades the advance buried every marker.
Environment
Every advance up the floor died at half court, because their guards trapped the ball before it crossed.
Basketball
Each turn allows one advance of three hexes, so a careless push leaves your flank open for the whole round.
Gaming
The climbers' advance up the ridge slowed to a hundred meters an hour in the deep snow.
Travel
The infantry's advance stalled at the river once scouts found every bridge already down.
History
The lava front's advance was measured at three meters an hour, slow enough to empty the village in time.
Science
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