ATTACH in a Sentence

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For ATTACH, below is one of 253 sentences:
Welcome or not, I found it necessary to attach myself to someone before I should begin to address cordial remarks to the passers-by.

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 Meanings and Examples of ATTACH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
attach
 v.  fasten; annex; be in contact with
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I assure you I attach not the least importance to any opinions.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
2  They will now see what sort of woman it is that can attach me, that can attach a man of sense.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
3  He had not given her time to attach herself.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
4  She had never been able to attach even those she loved best; and since Mrs. Rushworth's elopement, her temper had been in a state of such irritation as to make her everywhere tormenting.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
5  The dog growled again; and licking his lips, eyed Oliver as if he were anxious to attach himself to his windpipe without delay.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
6  The animal came up from the very force of habit; but as Sikes stooped to attach the handkerchief to his throat, he uttered a low growl and started back.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
7  To those, however, he was very well disposed to attach himself.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
8  Whatever blame may attach to me for having brought it about, Thomasin's position is at present much worse than yours.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
9  It was my temper to avoid a crowd and to attach myself fervently to a few.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
10  Welcome or not, I found it necessary to attach myself to someone before I should begin to address cordial remarks to the passers-by.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
11  Opposition on so tender a subject would only attach her the more to her own opinion.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
12  The motive was too common to be wondered at; but the means, however they might succeed by establishing his superiority in ill-breeding, were not likely to attach any one to him except his wife.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
13  But Alexey Alexandrovitch did not now attach any special significance to this tone of hers.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 27
14  I beg you to note that I attach particular significance to compliance with this request.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 14
15  I attach particular significance to compliance.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 16
Example Sentence: (43 in 3 pages)
16  There was considerable kudos attached to being on the advisory board.
17  Mary was attached to her brother.
18  Please fill out the attached blank.
19  Fill in and return the attached coupon.
20  I attached a photo to my application form.
21  There's great mystique attached to/surrounding the life of a movie star.
22  We've grown very attached to this village and wouldn't want to move.
23  The gadget can be attached to any vertical or near vertical surface.
24  If you would like to receive further information , return the attached form.
25  Most of these so-called special offers come with strings attached.
26  We attached no significance to his statement.
27  Does John endorse all of the comments attached to his articles?
28  Have you attached labels to the luggage?
29  Every sin has two punishments attached to it, one called the eternal and the other the temporal.
30  "You must have become in some degree attached to the house, -- you, who have an eye for natural beauties, and a good deal of the organ of Adhesiveness?" "I am attached to it, indeed."