How to Use attain in a Sentence

attain

verb
Definition of attainnext
Synonyms for attainnext
  • She refused to let the injury keep her from attaining her goal of being in the Olympics.
  • This kind of tree can attain a height of 20 feet within just a few years.
  • The car can attain a top speed of 200 mph.
  • For many of them, the choice is clear, if hard to attain.
    — Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Alverno was the first college in the state to attain it.
    — Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2022
  • There’s the eight-month, 162-game slog to attain a playoff spot.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2022
  • But the Lakers have to attain their first — reaching the playoffs.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2023
  • If Auburn hopes to attain that goal, the defense has some catching up to do.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The push for achievement to attain future success can get in the way of self-love and self-care.
    — Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Song of the Year and Record of the Year — while the album would attain double platinum status.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2024
  • Sharpe is in no rush to capture the stardom he seems destined to attain.
    — oregonlive, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Making a bowl game was already the highest goal the Cougars could attain.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Famous explores the dark side of celebrity and the lengths people will go to attain it.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Why shouldn’t people strive to attain new knowledge, a new life?
    — Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Believe it or not, this runway-ready look is quite easy to attain on your own.
    — ELLE, 25 Feb. 2023
  • And investigators still have to put in the time to solve the case and attain justice.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Farrell did not have to sit for hours in a makeup trailer to attain this new look.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 3 May 2024
  • Depending on the gene the species attains, will determine the hue and pattern that is present on their wings.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2024
  • In a 16-team league with those two programs added to the mix, there is nothing the Big Ten can do now or in the future to attain status as equals.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 23 July 2021
  • And in that time, women have attained equally good credit scores as men.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Madonna is now one of only two women to have attained an epic chart record on the Billboard Hot 100.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 14 June 2023
  • By the Israeli law of return, all Jews have the right to move to Israel and attain citizenship.
    — Rachel Nolan, The New York Review of Books, 16 Feb. 2023
  • And Kalmanovich, the man who helped Sue Bird attain millionaire status?
    — Christine Mui, Fortune, 8 July 2022
  • There was a confidence there that sometimes is hard to attain.
    — Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The fastest human swimmers can only attain speeds of about 4.5 miles per hour -- the speed at which most people switch from a fast walk to a slow run.
    — Dr. Mark Lieber, CNN, 16 July 2021
  • What recalcitrant Jew, with his finger on the pages of the cursèd Talmud, could attain it, could live it?
    — Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
  • At this point, the rocket will fire its own engines in order to attain low-Earth orbit.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 6 May 2022
  • If the goal is too narrow, investments will not attain ROI.
    — Sajal Singh, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Each of us would attain boundless bliss by merging with the nameless masses, so we were told.
    — Wisława Szymborska, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2021
  • The company still has to attain permits from South Dakota after its application was denied in 2023.
    — Peyton Haug, Twin Cities, 13 Dec. 2024

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