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Meanings of stealthy approach in English

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Usage of stealthy approach in English
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There would be no long stealthy approach on foot through the snow.
61 hours
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He pretended to be listening for the stealthy approach of their enemies.
A Millionaire of Yesterday
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With straining eyes they watched the strange, stealthy approach of the mysterious object.
Sunset Pass; or, Running the Gauntlet Through Apache Land
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He glared about him, expecting to see the stealthy approach of his death.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
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I don't know why I thought of it as something, that silent stealthy approach.
The Quiet American
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Matthew asked sharply, as the person's stealthy approach alarmed him.
Speaks the Nightbird
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For a time I hurried on hopelessly perplexed, and pursued by that stealthy approach.
The Island of Dr. Moreau
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Wonderful, significant is that silent, stealthy approach of the moon.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 17, 1914
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In fact, Joey himself was the first to discover the stealthy approach of the Indians.
The Captain of the Kansas
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And but for this consideration, I must have striven harder against the stealthy approach of slumber.
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
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A load was lifted from her mind when he did not make his usual stealthy approach.
The Lair of the White Worm
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The figure of the thief is chosen to illustrate the one point of the unexpected stealthy approach.
Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII
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She was lost in ancient thoughts, and she did not hear the stealthy approach of her lover.
A Day Dark as Night
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She dropped to her hands and knees and, parting the dense underbrush, began the last stealthy approach.
Riders of the Silences
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He recognized the sudden stealthy approach that transformed a sun-drenched, friendly plain into an unknown arctic waste.
Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also t...
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Nor could he hear their stealthy approach.
Out of Time's Abyss
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