fetched
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- unfetched adjective
Etymology
Origin of fetched
Example Sentences
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While Okrent mentions that the recent Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of “Merrily We Roll Along” fetched high ticket prices, he doesn’t detail the reasons for its success.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
A single eagle fetched $2 from the state government, or at today’s prices, nearly $50.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026
That cap was sun-faded and insect-damaged, but fetched A$479,700, including the buyer's premium, at auction.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
When a barrel of oil fetched over $100 a barrel in the early 2010s, wildcatters borrowed billions to pump as much as they could.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
He put himself in position with evident satisfaction, raised his arm like a signal-mast and his hand like a coal-shovel and fetched such a blow on the white sack as would have felled an ox.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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