All 3 Uses of
attain
in
The Age of Innocence
- Mr. Jackson, if perfection had been attainable on earth, would also have asked that Mrs. Archer's food should be a little better.†
Chpt 5 *
- But he thought of it now as a thing so unattainable and improbable that to have repined would have been like despairing because one had not drawn the first prize in a lottery.†
Chpt 34
- Archer remained motionless, gazing at the upper windows as if the end of their pilgrimage had been attained.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(attain) to gain or reach something with effort