advancing

In a sentence

Six example sentences with advancing, each labelled with its topic.

• The advancing dune has buried two fence lines since spring, and the village plants grass to slow it.

  Environment

• Your archers cannot stop an advancing column on open ground, so the map rewards players who hold the bridge.

  Gaming

• Nurses chart the advancing redness with a pen mark each hour, so any spread beyond the line is obvious.

  Medicine

• The advancing guard drew two defenders toward the lane, leaving her teammate alone in the corner for the shot.

  Basketball

• The advancing glacier bulldozed a ridge of gravel that still marks how far the ice reached in 1850.

  Science

• Chroniclers describe the advancing column of pilgrims stretching a full day's walk along the old road to the shrine.

  History

Found in these word lists

• New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative

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