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Example sentences for "reaches"

Lexicographically close words:
reabsorption; reaccept; reach; reache; reached; reachest; reacheth; reaching; reacht; reacquired
  1. These flat reaches of pasture-land were like huge steps.

  2. These fibers or particles get stuck in the fleeces, and later when the wool reaches the mill, the mill people do not like it.

  3. When evolution reaches a certain point, revolution becomes necessary in order to break the bonds of the old and bring in the new.

  4. But it is, of course, in the New Testament that the interest and importance of these laws reaches its height.

  5. Even the morning "accommodation" reaches Bayport some time or other.

  6. Every author, sometime or other, reaches the point where he knows perfectly well he has done all the real work he can ever do, that he has written himself out.

  7. The lining membrane of the uterus under ordinary conditions measures about one-eighth of an inch in thickness, but, after the ovum has become embedded in it, it begins to increase until it reaches as much as half an inch.

  8. This is an extremely important point, because it means--and evidently that is the object of the arrangement--that there may be much of an injurious character in the blood of the mother which never reaches the embryonic tissues at all.

  9. Then, still later, a lens is added, and the whole organ becomes more and more adapted to the necessities of the case, until it reaches the extraordinary perfection that is seen in the eye of such a bird as an eagle.

  10. After the birth of the embryo, air reaches the tympanic cavity, which then enlarges.

  11. From the carnedd we make a bee-line down through broad reaches of heather, gorse, and wine-red bilberry shoots, flushing now and then a hawk or a curlew as we tramp along.

  12. To the north of this province of Comania Russia is situate, which is all over full of wood, and reaches from the north of Poland and Hungary, all the way to the Tanais or Don.

  13. Asia and Africa are divided by Alexandria, a city of Egypt; and that country is bounded on the west by the river Nile, and then by Ethiopia to the south, which reaches quite to the southern ocean.

  14. One side of this palace extends to the middle of the city, and the other reaches to the city wall.

  15. They likewise have a white veil tied on just below their eyes, which reaches down to their breasts.

  16. The country under the dominion of the prince begins on the coast of the province called Kamcam, and reaches by land to the confines of China.

  17. In the eastern parts of Russia there is abundance of fine furs, wax, and mines of silver; and I am told the country reaches to the northern ocean, in which there are islands which abound in falcons and ger-falcons.

  18. Towards the extremity of this province, there are many large lakes, having salt springs on their banks, and when the water of these springs reaches the lake, it coagulates into hard salt like ice.

  19. He is attacked by Indians, and after frightful adventures at length reaches his home.

  20. Still he had his compensations; her dulcet notes reached his darkness (mellowed by the painted canvas and the tin scales sewn over it), as the chant of the unseen cuckoo reaches the woodland wanderer.

  21. One night, after a pleasant afternoon spent in being rowed by Tom among the upper reaches of the Thames, she retired to rest full of vague forebodings.

  22. By a careful manipulation of the dropper, the disk may be filled with water which, notwithstanding the intense heat, never reaches the boiling point.

  23. This river is the main stream, and when it reaches the end of the valley, where the mountains close in upon it, is joined by the river on which we encamped last evening, as well as by the creek just mentioned.

  24. Each legging is formed of a skin nearly entire, and reaches from the ancle to the upper part of the thigh, and the legs of the skin are tucked before and behind under a girdle round the waist.

  25. It fits the body loosely, and reaches half way down the thigh.

  26. On the right side of the Missouri a high, wide and extensive plain succeeds to this low meadow which reaches the hills.

  27. A few miles farther to the south it strikes the Chinese town, and through gates like triumphal arches, and over bridges, across moats, and skirting bastions, reaches the open.

  28. Export trade, which did not exist five-and-twenty years ago, now reaches a total of about fifteen million taels per annum.

  29. She reaches forward as if she would follow, until she is in the middle of the road; the woman passes from, sight to the right.

  30. The pau is a short skirt, made of bark cloth or of the ki leaves, which reaches from the waist half down to the knees.

  31. Hold up before a true child a ripe, red apple, or a bunch of purple grapes, and how the eye sparkles and the hand reaches forth!

  32. He has hobbled up the hill, the blood from his thigh-wound staining the hasty dressing, and reaches the postern, red-eyed and spattered with blood and mud.

  33. On the morning of June 3 a swift-flying pigeon reaches the dovecote.

  34. In spite of the cold, he is perspiring when he reaches headquarters.

  35. The blaze reaches headquarters, and two tongues of fire soon dart out from there.

  36. During the night of May 17-18, Captain Delvert, with his company, reaches the entrenchment R¹ by way of the ravine of Les Fontaines.

  37. The epoch of the glory and splendour of Kermân reaches to the reign of the Seldjouqide dynasty, and during that happy period, a great number of foreigners fixed their residence there.

  38. I remember the cuckoo's reply To the ring dove that moaned where the reaches Of the Windrush are blue with the sky.

  39. The manner in which one author follows the lead of another, as demonstrated above, extends beyond the selection of such important things as stories, and reaches even to titles.

  40. The whole tension of a scene may be lost if one of the parties to it so much as glances down or reaches out for some necessary article.

  41. In acting, more than in any other art, the feeling of the artist reaches through his work.

  42. Of course, you understand that, before the play reaches this point, the story, the situations, and even some details of dialogue must have been carefully thought out.

  43. If steam is afterwards introduced the solution becomes very rapid, when the pressure reaches about three atmospheres, and at the end of about three hours the silica is completely dissolved.

  44. When the steam condenses in the space between the cylinders it is carried off by means of a valve, which is lifted when the water reaches a certain point in the condenser.

  45. It cannot be too forcibly insisted upon that immeasurably the best and safest food for an infant, next to human milk, is the milk of the cow, and nothing else, until it reaches the age of eight or nine months.

  46. The dose of the one often reaches 20 or 30 gr.

  47. The clear liquor containing the chlorides of manganese and magnesia is then run into an iron evaporating pan, where it is concentrated by boiling until it reaches a temperature of between 300 deg.

  48. When new, all glass and earthenware should be placed in cold water in a saucepan, and after some hours the saucepan containing the vessel or vessels, should be placed over the fire, until the water reaches the boiling point.

  49. The deep colour that this spirit frequently possesses when it reaches the consumer is imparted to it by the addition of a little burnt sugar (caramel).

  50. Then pour water into the pail or pan (as the case may be) until it nearly reaches to the top of the inverted flower-pot.

  51. The condenser is charged by plunging one of its extremities into the water, and sucking at the other, until the liquid reaches the level indicated in the margin.

  52. By fixing a small filter on this principle into the head of a cask, and pouring in water through a funnel, whose neck reaches nearly to the bottom of the cask, the oil will float up and pass the filter, leaving the sediment behind.

  53. The flow of urine sometimes reaches as much as eight gallons in 24 hours; the average quantity, however, is about two gallons.

  54. Whilst the butter is still liquid this nozzle is inserted into the bottom of the test-tube, placing the finger over the upper end to prevent any liquid from getting in till it reaches the bottom.

  55. The attraction which reaches there soonest after the pay-day fares the best.

  56. Fathers have been known to beat their sons, to kick them in the presence of the audience, and to add other and severer punishment when the young acrobat reaches home.

  57. As travelling goes now, a company reaches a town either the night before, or the morning of the day for their initial entertainment.

  58. I am inclined to furl everything at once, so as to be prepared for the wind when it reaches us; it is near the hurricane season in the West Indies, and they are sometimes felt as far to the eastward as this.

  59. Give way, my lads, and overtake the raft; we may assist in towing it, and the sooner it reaches the shore the better.

  60. His Urn Burial, in spite of its elaboration, reaches a grave and solemn splendour.

  61. No narrative of the great Greek writers reaches the heart so directly and poignantly as does this astonishing story.


  62. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "reaches" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.