attains

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Take this picture of the lark:— From his cold nest the skylark springs;    Sings, pauses, sings; shoots up anew; Attains his topmost height, and sings    Quiescent in his vault of blue.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 by Various

Labour, no longer gross and brawny, Finds its true hierophant in Tawney; And, freed from all save Guild Control, Attains its apogee in Cole.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31 by Various

Attains a height of about 30 feet and about 12 inches in diameter.

From Seasoning of Wood by Wagner, J. B. (Joseph Bernard)

He saw the midnight bright and bare Fill with its quietude of stars The silence that no human prayer Attains or mars.

From Alcyone by Lampman, Archibald

Attains a weight of thirty pounds; averages four pounds.

From The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle by Bradford, Charles Barker