ACCOMPLISHMENT in a Sentence

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Under the double pressure of curiosity and prospective gain he did it with such spirit that he accomplished a shining success.

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 Meanings and Examples of ACCOMPLISHMENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
accomplishment
 n.  achievement or fulfillment; something that is successful after a lot of work or effort
Classic Sentence: (183 in 13 pages)
1  Getting on to things is a mighty useful accomplishment in business, and I've simply extended it to my private affairs.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 7
2  For with the charts of all four oceans before him, Ahab was threading a maze of currents and eddies, with a view to the more certain accomplishment of that monomaniac thought of his soul.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 44. The Chart.
3  And being devoid of ambition, and striving not toward accomplishment, she drew satisfaction from the work in itself.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXV
4  It, however, proved a very unfavorable place for the accomplishment of this object.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
5  He strained his vision to learn the accomplishment of the volley, but the smoke hung before him.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
6  It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
7  Since he had neglected to do it on first coming to the estate, their quitting his house might be looked on as the most suitable period for its accomplishment.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
8  I am in high repute for my accomplishment in all pertaining to the art, and am joined with eleven others in reporting the debates in Parliament for a Morning Newspaper.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 43. ANOTHER RETROSPECT
9  For being in one of the back rows of the King's Bench the other day, with a pen in my hand, the fancy came into my head to try how I had preserved that accomplishment.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 61. I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS
10  These movements are not, to be sure, direct results of Mr. Washington's teachings; but his propaganda has, without a shadow of doubt, helped their speedier accomplishment.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In III
11  It will demand broad-minded, upright men, both white and black, and in its final accomplishment American civilization will triumph.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VI
12  The bigger the book and the longer the name of the subject, the prouder they felt of their accomplishment.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII.
13  His was the enthusiasm and enterprise which made its steady progress possible and established in the institution its present high standard of accomplishment.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVII.
14  That's a useful accomplishment, which no woman should be without, said Mrs. March, laughing inaudibly at the recollection of Jo's dinner party, for she had met Miss Crocker and heard her account of it.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ELEVEN
15  I advise you to learn, for German is a valuable accomplishment to teachers.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
Example Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
16  No single space project will be more impressive to mankind, and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish.
17  Given the budget constraint, it was impossible to accomplish my goals.
18  What we see in Iraq today is in many ways a culmination of what the I.S.I. has been trying to accomplish since its founding in 2006.
19  My favorite seat was a smooth and broad stone, rising white and dry from the very middle of the beck, and only to be got at by wading through the water; a feat I accomplished barefoot.
20  Let us fight on today and every day until our ideal is accomplished, let us conduct ourselves so that we shall prove worthy of that trust.
21  Under the double pressure of curiosity and prospective gain he did it with such spirit that he accomplished a shining success.
22  A clever man persists through difficulties in the knowledge that nothing worthwhile is ever accomplished without effort.
23  John Fraser, is an accomplished descendant from the early days of journalists.
24  And he did "tackle it again" -- and under the double pressure of curiosity and prospective gain he did it with such spirit that he accomplished a shining success.
25  Even defensive battles distressed her, for the repulsion of enemy forces is never accomplished bloodlessly.
26  More poems should tell stories in accomplished ways.
27  Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.
28  It is provided in the contract that the work should be accomplished within a year.
29  Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.
30  I accomplished two hours' work before dinner.