Reaching

Examples

• Carr's division was deployed on our right, Lawler's brigade forming his extreme right and reaching through these woods to the river above. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• After getting our lunch and upon reaching the sidewalk, Borst opened his mouth, and said: 'That's a great place; a plate of cakes, a cup of coffee, and a Russian bath, for ten cents. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The purpose is to take care of the misdirected balls that roll off the bed before reaching the pit. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We were occupying ceased to afford comfortable quarters; and further orders not reaching us, we began to look about to remedy the hardship. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Moving far to Sherman's right, he succeeded in reaching the railroad about Big Shanty, and moved north on it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• This is done by attaching to the service pipe tanks filled with filtering material, through which the water flows before reaching the boiler. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Here at least were intelligible facts regarding landscape--far-reaching proofs productive of genuine satisfaction. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• On this same visit to Washington I had my last interview with the President before reaching the James River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• This man was lying flat on his face, reaching carefully up with his hands to put a rock in place while keeping his chin flat against the ground. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• After passing round and again reaching the gate he went in. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• After all, Watson, said Holmes, reaching up his hand for his clay pipe, I am not retained by the police to supply their deficiencies. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• His reaching Bragg's flank and extending across it was to be the signal for Thomas's assault of the ridge. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Whenever he is not shying at things, or reaching after a fly, he wants to do that yet. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He lit the cigarette over a lamp, reaching forward and drawing steadily. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• There was yet a slight chance of reaching the cabin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

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