How to Use attain in a Sentence

attain

verb

• 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.
• But the Lakers have to attain their first — reaching the playoffs.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2023
• Sharpe is in no rush to capture the stardom he seems destined to attain.
  — oregonlive, 9 Jan. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• But dry air, which can come from a cold front or a dry line, is hard to attain during the summer months, and especially in Texas.
  — Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 20 June 2023
• The Wildcats are back-to-back defending 5A champions looking to achieve one of the hardest things in all of team sports to attain, a three-peat.
  — Alex Chenevey, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2023
• That's a crazy thing to actually try to attain is for a person's approval.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023
• The country to attain test status most recently is Afghanistan.
  — Dominic Pino, National Review, 31 Oct. 2023
• All birders know that in order to see the really unusual and rare ones a certain amount of good luck has to be attained.
  — Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Both of these are key to a better functioning brain and can be attained by any motion, even stretching or going for a walk.
  — Mikhal Weiner, Parents, 27 Oct. 2023
• Twitter now requires a valid phone number and payment to attain the blue check, betting that spammers will not shell out large amounts of cash to flood the site with scams.
  — Rachel Lerman and Faiz Siddiqui, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2023
• The university is also on a quest to attain R-1 status.
  — Jamaal Abdul-Alim, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2023
• With less emphasis on the success of those around us, the societal pressure to strive for, and attain, happiness is felt far less.
  — Miika Mäkitalo, Fortune Europe, 19 Mar. 2024
• These were some of the first reptiles to truly become large, as life in the water allowed these creatures to attain sizes not yet possible on land.
  — Riley Black, Discover Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
• The Mustangs took the top five individual spots and cruised to a win at the Big 8 Invite with just 15 points, the lowest possible team score that can be attained.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
• However, some super speedy ones may attain speeds upwards of 50 miles per hour, with 62 miles per hour being the current fastest.
  — Saryn Chorney, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2023
• If employers refuse to bargain with workers, Sonn said, the sector-wide approach offers them a way to attain a raise.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2024
• That is, whether to preserve a past some want to be forgotten or attain a future untethered to what one was once denied.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2023
• To attain some sense of control, some of us get sucked into these desperate searches online.
  — Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping, 19 June 2023
• Although Oklahoma doesn't attain Texas-sized figures, its revenue ranked in the top 12 nationally in each of the past 14 years.
  — USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
• The ideal American dream is built on anyone being able to attain their own version of success.
  — John Arensmeyer, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
• The dye is left on for a few minutes to attain optimal color, then any excess is removed with a damp paper towel.
  — Audrey Noble, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024