By a flight of startled sea-birds, he nears.
"The Unknown Sea"
Clemence Housman
A long day of rain is often followed by a moderately fine evening-the clouds breaking up as the sun nears the horizon.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
However, in camp, when the sun nears the zenith and the hush which settles over the jungle proclaims that most of the wild creatures are resting, one may swing one's hammock in the very heart of this primitive forest and straightway be admitted into a new province, where rare and unsuspected experiences are open to the wayfarer.
"Edge of the Jungle"
William Beebe