attain
verb (used with object)
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain.
was attaining
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past progressiveof attain.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Even before that, though, Verstappen already looked to have moved on this year from the already very high standards he was attaining previously.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2022
This showed as a matter of course that he was attaining higher ground.
From The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
Inheriting a haughty disposition, and elated by the grandeur which her uncle was attaining, she assumed consequential airs which rendered her disagreeable to many of her companions.
From Hortense Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
The Eagle Pharmacy had always been the neighborhood club, but with the advent of Willy Cameron it was attaining a new popularity.
From A Poor Wise Man by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
Forks and flashes of flame shining from the nek between the twin hills showed that the second column of the Dutch commando also was attaining its object.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Creswicke, Louis
