A babble of excited talk getting louder approaching down the passage.

Footsteps approached down the hallway-his mother, probably, telling him to put on a good face and suffer in public along with her.

Solitary cop cars were approaching down the alley from both the east and the west.

He thought he could hear someone approaching down this shaft.

Mike could hear the trucks approaching down the grade as they got to the position.

Reyes started to close the door but heard the sound of footsteps approaching down the hall.

At that moment, however, he heard a rabbit approaching down some run close by.

In these cases the chambers are approached down a flight of steps.

At the sound of his footsteps approaching down the hall, she rose to her feet and hurried out to meet him.

They had seen the boat approaching down a straight stretch of the river.