REACHED in a Sentence

Learn REACHED from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

420 example sentences for REACHED, such as:

1. She reached out to touch his arm.
2. He reached out his hand to touch her.
3. Again, sounds of laughter reached her.
4. In one short stride, he reached the window.
5. He reached down the atlas from the top shelf.

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 Meanings and Examples of REACHED
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
reaches
 n.  the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
 n.  the limit of capability
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I gave him a short sketch of my adventures, and had hardly concluded it by the time that we reached our destination.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
2  My surprise reached a climax, however, when I found incidentally that he was ignorant of the Copernican Theory and of the composition of the Solar System.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
3  Well, away we rattled, and never drew rein until we reached the street in question.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
4  When I reached him he was groping about frantically in the empty cab, and giving vent to the finest assorted collection of oaths that ever I listened to.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
5  This morning I began very early, and at eight o'clock I reached Halliday's Private Hotel, in Little George Street.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
6  "And now, gentlemen," he continued, with a pleasant smile, "we have reached the end of our little mystery."
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
7  She had reached the outskirts of the city when she found the road blocked by a great drove of cattle, driven by a half-dozen wild-looking herdsmen from the plains.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
8  They had just reached this point when the young man seized his two companions and dragged them down into the shadow, where they lay silent and trembling.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
9  They had reached the very wildest and most desolate portion of the pass when the girl gave a startled cry, and pointed upwards.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
10  When he reached St. Petersburg they had departed for Paris; and when he followed them there he learned that they had just set off for Copenhagen.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
11  Almost before Major had reached the end, they had begun singing it for themselves.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
12  He took them up into a loft which could only be reached by a ladder from the harness-room, and there kept them in such seclusion that the rest of the farm soon forgot their existence.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
13  He had, he said, only one real ambition left--to see the windmill well under way before he reached the age for retirement.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
14  A length of yellow brocade was visible half-way up; and, as one reached the top, a small powdered face, a great head-dress slung with pearls, came into view; an ancestress of sorts.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
15  Again, sounds of laughter reached her.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 4
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  She reached out to touch his arm.
17  He reached out and brushed a strand of hair away from her face.
18  He reached down the atlas from the top shelf.
19  The snake charmer reached out gingerly to touch the snake in his basket.
20  He reached out his hand to touch her.
21  Yesterday the town reached its highest ever February temperature.
22  Shortly before dusk they reached a fork and took the left-hand track.
23  We travelled by land until we reached the sea.
24  He reached down and hauled Liz up onto the wall.
25  I had reached the point where I was earning a good salary.
26  In one short stride, he reached the window.
27  Having reached the final, the British have come a cropper against the more experienced German team.
28  He didn't want to share a room with his brother once he reached his teens.
29  He was suffering from cancer which had already reached an advanced stage.
30  He had reached the pinnacle of his military career.