Both Uses of
attain
in
Angels & Demons
- His dark hair was cropped in a military buzz cut, and his eyes burned with the kind of hardened determination only attainable through years of intense training.†
Chpt 35-36 *
- Attaining the papacy required a certain amount of political ambition, something the young camerlegno apparently lacked; he had refused his Pope's offers for higher clerical stations many times, saying he preferred to serve the church as a simple man.†
Chpt 41-42
Definition:
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(attain) to gain or reach something with effort