ATTAIN in a Sentence
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131 example sentences for ATTAIN, such as:
1. He attained the position of minister.
2. No one can attain to truth by himself.
3. The attainment of the success is not easy.
4. He attained a good old age and died content.
5. I fancy we can attain our end in a simpler way.
2. No one can attain to truth by himself.
3. The attainment of the success is not easy.
4. He attained a good old age and died content.
5. I fancy we can attain our end in a simpler way.
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Meanings and Examples of ATTAIN
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attain
v. reach a destination, either real or abstract
v. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
Classic Sentence: (112 in 8 pages)
1 Nor have I ever been able to attain the art of expressing myself well.
2 Nay, the surly father even began to agitate with the authorities on Chichikov's behalf, and so enabled our hero, on a vacancy occurring, to attain the stool of a Chief Clerk.
3 For a long time past the ardent young Tientietnikov's excitable heart had also beat at the thought that one day he might attain the senior class described.
4 Our higher officials are fond as a rule of nonplussing their subordinates; the methods to which they have recourse to attain that end are rather various.
5 They live in the greatest harmony together, and will live perhaps to attain complete happiness.
6 Innumerable "romantics" attain later in life to considerable rank in the service.
7 No one can attain to truth by himself.
8 But since this mystery is of such a nature that nobody can know or use it unless he be prepared by long and diligent self-purification, not everyone can hope to attain it quickly.
9 If there is a God and future life, there is truth and good, and man's highest happiness consists in striving to attain them.
10 To attain this end we must secure a preponderance of virtue over vice and must endeavor to secure that the honest man may, even in this world, receive a lasting reward for his virtue.
11 The happiness before him appeared so inconceivable that if only he could attain it, it would be the end of all things.
12 Surely no man would work so hard or attain such precise information unless he had some definite end in view.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
13 We have not yet grasped the results which the reason alone can attain to.
14 I will say nothing to add to his anxieties, but I will take my own steps to attain my own end.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 10. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
Context Highlight In Chapter 10. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
15 I fancy we can attain our end in a simpler way.
Example Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1 The scarecrow sought to attain one goal: he wished to obtain a brain.
2 He had discovered a great law of human action, namely, that in order to make men or boys covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.
3 He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it -- namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.
4 Whenever you have an aim you must sacrifice something of freedom to attain it.
5 The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and thedetermination to attain it.
6 The imnportant thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.
7 He attained a good old age and died content.
8 Eventually, the star attained the velocity of light.
9 The judges decided to exclude evidence which had been unfairly attained.
10 He attained the position of minister.
11 The famous writer is still sharp in thought though he has attained the age of ninety-two.
12 Bessie's accounts of school-discipline were somewhat appalling, her details of certain accomplishment attained by these same young ladies were, I thought, equally attractive.
13 The attainment of the success is not easy.
14 Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment.
15 The end of all scholarly attainment is to live nobly.