Words similar to nearing

Example sentences for: nearing

How can you use “nearing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

We'd like to achieve this without actually being forced to tell him to **** off, but we're nearing our rope's end.
Dissent within the al Qaeda Leadership While tactical preparations for the attack were nearing completion, the entire operation was being questioned at the top, as al Qaeda and the Taliban argued over strategy for 2001.
A significant percentage of our workforce is nearing retirement age, while marketplace, demographic, economic, and technological changes indicate that competition for skilled workers will be greater in the future.
Can it be that our exercise in stunt online writing is nearing its conclusion already?
The civilians who were nearing the bottom of stairwell C were assisted out of the building by NYPD, FDNY, and PAPD personnel.