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attain - use in sentences
Object
- enlightenment: He spoke with regard to those who have not attained enlightenment: .. .
- perfection: Encouraging the soul to attain perfection brings happiness in both worlds.
- rank: He attained the rank of Captain in the Army School of Physical Training.
- popularity: Bath, Cheltenham and numerous other towns with healing waters attained great popularity in the following century.
- ranking: This is usually done to attain high ranking on a wide range of keywords.
- proficiency: In short, this means that a Shunryu student is someone that is taught self-discipline while attaining proficiency within the Syllabus.
Subject
- mean: So spoke our friend; vainly; for human ends must be attained by human means.
- student: The comparison was made between the number of surgeons, physicians and academic positions attained by students from the respective Glasgow and Edinburgh cohorts.
Modifying Another Word
- rarely: The 24-year-old shows a maturity that many older directors rarely attain.
- successfully: He also successfully attained a BSc ( hons ) degree.
- yet: I had as yet attained no measure of literary achievement, to justify my own high evaluation of my potential.
- eventually: August Belmont eventually attained the coveted eminence of Grand Sachem of the Tammany Society.
- finally: A consultant for The Technology Partnership, Justin has finally attained that sacred title, physicist.
- never: As with a lot of punk or new wave artists The Members later albums never attained the quality of their first album.
Followed by a transitive particle
- unto: He seeks to attain unto the glory of God some day.
Used with why or when
- when: This results in accelerated tax relief when compared to the capital attained when purchasing the equipment outright.
- what: What you're saying is, " I'm trying to attain what God gave me.
Preposition: in
- subject: Please enclose a copy of your degree transcript with your application, showing the marks attained in the various subjects studied in your degree.
Preposition: by
- mean: So spoke our friend; vainly; for human ends must be attained by human means.
- student: The comparison was made between the number of surgeons, physicians and academic positions attained by students from the respective Glasgow and Edinburgh cohorts.
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