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Another word for reaching

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Modifier

  1. Extending to a point

  2. Arriving

    See also:

    landing

    arrival

  3. Extending a part of the body

    See also:

    extending

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Sentence Examples

  • She stretched and sat up, reaching for her clothes.

  • A young forest growing up under your meadows, and wild sumachs and blackberry vines breaking through into your cellar; sturdy pitch pines rubbing and creaking against the shingles for want of room, their roots reaching quite under the house.

  • Reaching the large house near the Horse Guards' barracks, in which Anatole lived, Pierre entered the lighted porch, ascended the stairs, and went in at the open door.

  • "You expect me to believe that after watching the missile attack?" she returned, reaching for the laser gun.

  • "Not hardly," said Dean, reaching for his coffee.

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