Crossword-Solution: ATTAINING
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Attaining | p. pr. & vb. n. | of Attain |
We have 2 clues for the answer “ATTAINING”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Netting, perhaps | 1 answer |
| Reaching, as a climax | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAREE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ATTAINING (5)
The bird entreated earnestly for his life: “What would you do without me when next you spread your nets? Who would chirp you to sleep, or call for you the covey of answering birds?” The Birdcatcher spared his life, and determined to pick out a fine young Cock just attaining to his comb.
Nor could I have proceeded on such opinions without scruple, had I supposed that I should thereby forfeit any advantage for attaining still more accurate, should such exist.
There were also a few species of antique and hereditary flowers, in no very flourishing condition, but scrupulously weeded; as if some person, either out of love or curiosity, had been anxious to bring them to such perfection as they were capable of attaining.
Many years had elapsed since the events the letter narrated had transpired, and the old man had become a respected citizen of an obscure Spanish town, but the love of gold was still so strong upon him that he risked all to acquaint his son with the means of attaining fabulous wealth for them both.
The King himself attended, and from the countenance which he afforded on this and other occasions to the distressed and hitherto degraded Saxons, gave them a safer and more certain prospect of attaining their just rights, than they could reasonably hope from the precarious chance of a civil war.
Quotes with ATTAINING (3)
Honesty is a moral virtue, a matter of the will. Honesty means willing the truth with the whole of your heart. This demands sacrifice. We have little hope of attaining honesty unless we realize how demanding it is. It demands sacrifice of self-will, self-image, the desire to win, and the comfort of being right. The “honesty” often praised today is usually only emotional honesty with others, not intellectual honesty with one’s self; only “letting it all hang out,” not asking w…
Felicity is a continual progress of the desire, from one object to another; the attaining of the former being still but the way to the latter.
Times change, as do our wills, What we are - is ever changing; All the world is made of change, And forever attaining new qualities.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Onion, Slate.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (2011–2024).