Sentences with reach
reach
R r - He did not stop until he reached the door. [VERB noun]
- The process of political change in South Africa has reached the stage where it is irreversible. [VERB noun]
- SYNONYMY NOTE: reach, the broadest of these terms, implies an arriving at some goal, destination, point in development, etc. [he's reached the age of 60]; gain1 suggests the exertion of considerable effort to reach some goal [they've gained the top of the hill]; achieve suggests the use of skill in reaching something [we've achieved a great victory]; attain suggests a being goaded on by great ambition to gain an end regarded as beyond the reach of most persons [she has attained great fame in her profession]; accomplish implies success in completing an assigned task [to accomplish an end]
- Judy reached into her handbag and handed me a small printed leaflet. [VERB preposition/adverb]
- Can you reach your toes with your fingertips? [VERB noun]
- Has the doctor told you how to reach him or her in emergencies? [VERB noun]
- ...a nightshirt which reached to his knees. [VERB + to]
- A meeting of agriculture ministers in Luxembourg today has so far failed to reach agreement over farm subsidies. [VERB noun]
- Isabelle placed a wine cup on the table within his reach.
- It is located within reach of many important Norman towns, including Bayeux. [+ of]
- To reach the office
- To reach the ceiling
- To reach the point of starvation
- The Roman conquest reached throughout England
- To reach someone a book
- To reach for something on a shelf
- To reach for the impossible
- We tried to reach him all day
- To reach the five million mark
- Within reach of safety
- reach me the salt
- To reach town by night
- The news reached him late
- To reach thousands of dollars
- Power that reaches into other lands
- The boat reached the shore.
- Your letter never reached me.
- To reach a book on a high shelf.
- reaching out a hand in greeting.
- The bookcase reaches the ceiling.
- I called but couldn't reach you.
- The cost will reach millions.
- Distant stars the eye cannot reach.
- The artillery fire reached the shore.
- A program that reached a large teenage audience.
- To reach for a weapon.
- Power that reaches throughout the land.
- A coat reaching to the knee; a tower reaching to the skies.
- Sums reaching to a considerable total.
- Fields of flowers extended as far as the eye could reach.
- I'd be reaching if I said I had the answer to your question.
- To make a reach for a gun.
- Within reach of his voice.
- A reach of woodland.