I wished to deserve to die; that was my only thought, and no one should help me in achieving this end.
It is not the "human golfing soul" which "invents for itself multiform and manifold ifs and ans for not achieving it.
Surely it should be enough to ensure that the methods for achieving our end are legitimate, honourable, and peaceful, I believe that this was the reasoning that guided my colleagues in accepting the proposed creed.
If the religious sentiment of the Mahomedans is deeply hurt and if the Hindus entertain neighbourly regard towards their Muslim brethren, they will both count no cost too great forachieving the end.
To be witty is to satisfy another's wits by the bestowal on him of two pleasures, that of understanding one thing and that of guessing another, and so achieving a double stroke.
There must have been an Organising Activity, collecting the diffused particles together, grouping them into concentrated organisms and achieving loftier and loftier modes of being.
From among many means of achieving the same end they make a definite choice, and different plants make different choices--they use different means.
Despite the severe damage the economy has suffered due to civil strife, Georgia, with the help of the IMF and World Bank, has made substantial economic gains since 1995, achieving positive GDP growth and curtailing inflation.
Each of the four chief sects which existed in medieval Japan had its own method of achieving this Enlightenment.
We are convinced that these reforms will be the best means of achieving rapid victory and the deliverance of Europe from the yoke of Prussian militarism.
This victory Eumenes obtained about ten days after the former, and got great reputation alike for his conduct and his valor in achieving it.
War setting off the virtue of the one, and hiding the villainy of the other, gave to the one occasions of achieving brave actions, to the other opportunity of committing equal dishonesties.
He had risen suddenly and the public had seen him begin as espada, achieving immense popularity in a few years.
But the applause for the skilful cape-work of his companions brought him out of his quiet, and in spite of his intention he went at the bull, achieving several feats due more to audacity than to skill.
After studying at the lycee Bonaparte in Paris, he became an active journalist, achieving great success as dramatic critic to the Figaro and to the Opinion nationale.
Only for you my contemplation goes Clean as a god’s, undarkened of pretence, Most happy when your garner overflows, Achieving in your prosperous diligence.
Of such is the love, dear, That you fold me in, It knows no governance Of virtue or sin; From nothing of my achieving Shall it enrichment take, And the glooms of my unworthiness It will not forsake.
Hitherto he had always succeeded in achievingwhat he had willed.
In addition, we could examine the possibility of achieving further outlay savings based on the work of the Grace commission.
By deregulating oil we've come closer to achieving energy independence and helped bring down the cost of gasoline and heating fuel.
At the same time, let me emphasize that allied steadfastness remains a key toachieving arms reductions.
It is always afraid of other races achieving eminence, naming it as a peril, and tries to thwart all symptoms of greatness outside its own boundaries, forcing down races of men who are weaker, to be eternally fixed in their weakness.
Froissart continued to travel far and wide, always a favorite with princes, but always intent onachieving his projected work.
As for always compassing desires, or achieving the possession of this thing or that, is in reality immaterial.
His brother Frederic, as already narrated; had tried his chance for fame and fortune in the naval service, and had lost his life in the adventure without achieving the one or the other.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "achieving" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
