All 7 Uses of
attain
in
Gone with the Wind
- But Gerald could never attain elegance.†
Chpt 1.3
- Ellen had never told her that desire and attainment were two different matters; life had not taught her that the race was not to the swift.†
Chpt 1.4 *
- Anybody who would waste precious money on tombstones when food was so dear, so almost unattainable, didn't deserve sympathy.†
Chpt 3.29
- Suddenly she hated them all because they were different from her, because they carried their losses with an air that she could never attain, would never wish to attain.†
Chpt 4.35
- Suddenly she hated them all because they were different from her, because they carried their losses with an air that she could never attain, would never wish to attain.†
Chpt 4.35
- Every part of her, almost everything she had ever done, striven after, attained, belonged to Ashley, were done because she loved him.†
Chpt 4.47
- They didn't care to talk about what their lives had been before they attained stiff brocades and victorias with fine teams of horses.†
Chpt 5.60
Definition:
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(attain) to gain or reach something with effort