REACH in a Sentence

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420 example sentences for REACH, such as:

1. It's a few inches beyond my reach.
2. by means of which we reach the final.
3. Several schools are within easy reach.
4. The railway line will soon reach to our town.
5. Perhaps she'll reach the present, if she skips.

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 Meanings and Examples of REACH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
reach
 v.  arrive at a place, especially after spending a long time or a lot of effort
 v.  get to a particular level, especially a high one
 v.  stretch out your arm in order to get or touch something
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  As far as the eye can reach stretches the great flat plain-land, all dusted over with patches of alkali, and intersected by clumps of the dwarfish chaparral bushes.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
2  Before he could escape from her, the clatter of horses' hoofs told him that they were beyond his reach.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
3  They had seen no signs of any pursuers, and Jefferson Hope began to think that they were fairly out of the reach of the terrible organization whose enmity they had incurred.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
4  He little knew how far that iron grasp could reach, or how soon it was to close upon them and crush them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
5  If any of you gentlemen have ever pined for a thing, and longed for it during twenty long years, and then suddenly found it within your reach, you would understand my feelings.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
6  And even the miserable lives we lead are not allowed to reach their natural span.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
7  She was seen one day sitting on a roof and talking to some sparrows who were just out of her reach.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
8  She could reach a flitch of bacon or haul a tub of oil with one sweep of her arm in the shop.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
9  Perhaps she'll reach the present, if she skips.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
10  by means of which we reach the final.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
11  The Abbot thanked his sage adviser; and the cavalcade, setting spurs to their horses, rode on as men do who wish to reach their inn before the bursting of a night-storm.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
12  No," said the Jester, grinning, "but they may reach Sheffield if they have good luck, and that is as fit a place for them.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
13  Next day's march brings them within our reach, and, falcon-ways, we swoop on them at once.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
14  The travellers, however, used such speed as to reach the convent of St Withold's before the apprehended evil took place.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
15  The only light was received through one or two loop-holes far above the reach of the captive's hand.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Many things make it difficult for women to reach the top in US business.
17  The railway line will soon reach to our town.
18  You may take several months to reach your target weight - it depends how much you want to lose.
19  Ideals are like the stars -- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them.
20  None of the androids flew within reach of the weapon.
21  Several schools are within easy reach.
22  Somehow the small but formidable woman fought her way through the crowd to reach her son.
23  The company does not yet have the global reach of its bigger competitors.
24  It's a few inches beyond my reach.
25  The plates on the upper shelf were beyond my reach.
26  The Bill could reach the statute book by the summer if it attracts the support of Home Office ministers.
27  She tried to catch at a branch but couldn't reach.
28  Union leaders and company bosses will meet tomorrow in an attempt to reach a settlement.
29  In her current role she broke through the glass ceiling as the first woman to reach senior management level in the company.
30  Continue in a southerly direction until you reach the road.