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.
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Raimi strikes an inimitable tone of feel-good fun that precious few films are able to attain, let alone those in the horror genre.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2024
• One of those included in the study had attained the high status of vizier and would have reported directly to the pharaoh in his time.
  — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
• Here, the bidder with the highest offer will attain said household.
  — Josh Thompson, Forbes, 6 June 2022
• 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
• But witches who come to the craft to attain power or control will be disappointed, Green said.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
• This TikTok trend stresses mindfulness and trying to attain your best self.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024