ACHIEVE in a Sentence

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279 example sentences for ACHIEVE, such as:
1. It'll achieve its own salvation.
2. They are motivated by a need to achieve.
3. Our aim is to achieve greater market penetration.
4. Complete political unity is impossible to achieve.
5. We will use every possible means to achieve our objective.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ACHIEVE
achieve
 v.  to gain with effort
Classic Sentence: (82 in 6 pages)
1  But, in order to achieve this great revolution in favour of the native English, it was necessary that they should be united among themselves, and act under an acknowledged head.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
2  It'll achieve its own salvation.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
3  "Sir Thomas is to achieve many mighty things when he comes home," said Mary, after a pause.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
4  The gentleman walked on with them by the officer's side; and as many of the crowd as could achieve the feat, got a little ahead, and stared back at Oliver from time to time.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
5  I try all things; I achieve what I can.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 79. The Prairie.
6  Sometimes he would achieve a position half erect, battle with the air for a moment, and then fall again, grabbing at the grass.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
7  The men scampered in insane fever of haste, racing as if to achieve a sudden success before an exhilarating fluid should leave them.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
8  We have self-devotion in a cause, and an end to achieve which is not a selfish one.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
9  You shall with us come; and together we shall do that which we go forth to achieve.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
10  In the night he may lie hidden somewhere; but if he be not carried on shore, or if the ship do not touch it, he cannot achieve the land.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
11  One of those omniscient and aweinspiring marvels, a detective, came up from St. Louis, moused around, shook his head, looked wise, and made that sort of astounding success which members of that craft usually achieve.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
12  Dantes was on the way he desired to follow, and was moving towards the end he wished to achieve; his heart was in a fair way of petrifying in his bosom.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22. The Smugglers.
13  Next day new steps were to be taken; my plans could no longer be confined to my own breast; I must impart them in order to achieve their success.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
14  I honour endurance, perseverance, industry, talent; because these are the means by which men achieve great ends and mount to lofty eminence.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
15  The busy people achieve their full share of mischief in the world, you may rely upon it.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
Example Sentence: (197 in 14 pages)
1  They are motivated by a need to achieve.
2  We will use every possible means to achieve our objective.
3  He vowed to achieve certain objectives before the end of his presidency.
4  Many of the pilots were to achieve eminence in the aeronautical world.
5  Students who achieve an acceptable standard will progress to degree studies.
6  We will achieve much more by persuasion than by brute force.
7  Complete political unity is impossible to achieve.
8  If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances.
9  They were able to achieve a settlement without using military force.
10  The college's aim is to help students achieve their aspirations.
11  This does not necessarily imply that children achieve better results in private schools.
12  The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe that it is possible.
13  The legislation has failed to achieve its stated objectives.
14  Our aim is to achieve greater market penetration.
15  Speaking in silence is the most intimate communication two beings can achieve.