The rustling, washing sound of the water beneath the boat as the men urged it along with all their might, everyone giving a thrust with his oar whenever he could reach a tree, was now the only thing that disturbed the silence.
The distance, however, was great; and unless we could find a boat, our ammunition might fail before we could reach it, and Juanita might be exposed to more fatigue than she would be able to bear.
In a short time a small wicket in the palisade, which we had not before noticed, was opened, and the same youth appeared, and pointed to some steps by which we could reach it.
I remembered that near at hand was a tree, with branches at a height from the ground to which I could reach.
I leaned over to grasp the little boy as soon as I could reach him, and as I did so I heard the mate tell the men to keep striking the water with their oars.
Having to gather his subsistence as he marched through the country, it was not impossible that a force inferior to his own might compel him to head for such point as he could reach, instead of such as he might prefer.
Some apprehensions filled my mind lest the enemy might desert his lines during the night, and by falling upon General Sheridan before assistance could reach him, drive him from his position and open the way for retreat.
I pulled it out, and waved it above my head as high as I could reach.
I plied my oar with all my might, fearing that the man I have spoken of might let go his hold and be lost like the other before I could reach him.
In less than a couple of hours we might hope to be on shore, but the sun was sinking, and it would be dark, unless the breeze freshened, before we could reach it.
We went round the house, and knocked at all the windows we could reach.
Wistfully he gazed at the green branches, but he was too wise a monkey to suppose that he could reach them.
I must climb in at the window if we can't awake them any other way, though maybe I shall be shot if I do,' he added, looking up to see if there was one he could reach.
We yet had some distance to go before we could reach a valley which lay below us, with a stream in summer flowing through it, and a grove of trees by its side.
He was nearly up to me, when I saw one a short distance ahead with a branch projecting at a height which I could reach.
But the game invariably contrived to disappear before we could reach it, and it was out of the question to leave the beaten track for a regular hunt.
Plante went first with an axe, and cut as far as he could reach, then mounted one of the hardy little ponies, and with some difficulty broke the ice before him, until he had opened a passage to the opposite shore.
Every one was forward to shake hands with the strangers as soon as we could reach them, in token of our satisfaction that they were Menomonees and not Sauks, of the latter of whom, by the way, they would give us no intelligence.
It was written on the trees as high up as he could reach, and every one that came by understood that the scent of it and the hair in it were those of the great Grizzly Wahb.
It was strong of Bear, and was plastered with mud and Grizzly hair far higher, than he could reach; and Wahb knew that it must have been a very large Bear that had rubbed himself there.
He may not have noticed it, yet each time he came to a post, after a week or two away, he could reach higher, for Wahb was growing fast and coming into his strength.
So he took a stubby paint brush from his belt, and he dipped it into the big can, and he wiped it over as many of the spots as he could reach.
So the man helped David to hold the pole steady and paint as far as it could reach.
He wasn't very tall and there were only two spots which he could reach while he stood on the ground.
Still, however, we were at a considerable distance, and I soon saw that, at the slow rate we were proceeding, another day must elapse before we could reach them.
I thought if I could reach it I might be able to bring down one of the nearest giraffes.
Still, I resolved to rest at the nearest wood we could reach.
One of them would afford us ample food till we could reach home.
We told Ned to inquire if one of the men belonging to the prahu would be willing to pilot us up the river, promising him a handsome reward if he would do so, and undertaking to set him on shore at any place he might name which we could reach.
If we were to get on board there was no time to lose; indeed, it seemed very doubtful whether we could reach either of the vessels.
Ned, who was in the bows, plunged down his boat-hook, but Mason's hands were already far below the point he could reach.
The place could not have been better chosen; a high bastion, an outer harbor with ships and boats, a deserted strand beyond, and over there the island, which I could reach in any event by swimming.
So I set out at once upon my way, which took me, through many perils, directly across the island to a point where I determined to wait until evening before entering Faehrdorf, which I could reach in an hour.
We kept on, and came into another space filled with the scent of wine, where casks were piled on casks, as the old man showed me by holding up his lantern as high as he could reach.
Once again he rose to his feet and attempted to seize me; but my torch turned him aside, and before he could reach me he rolled over, and in another instant he was dead.
The Spaniards, who had also discovered them, redoubled their efforts to climb the mountain, for the purpose, it was also very clear, of occupying the house before the Indians could reach it.
Fortunately I had observed a tree, with branches which I could reach; and retreating to it, I had climbed up a few feet from the ground before the furious herd reached me.
For an instant he stopped, as if to consider whether he could reach us before they did.
I got a long pike, and kept poking away over the bulwarks at every fellow I could reach.
That was, however, so far distant that there was but little fear but that the tempest would have spent its fury long before we could reach it.
We pulled towards him with all our might; but fast as we flew through the water, two huge sharks went faster, and before we could reach him he was their prey, literally torn in sunder between them.
I first, by-the-by, made a scale of so many parts of an inch to a foot, and measured every part of the brig I could reach.
However, before we could reach it, it had made good its escape.
But hardly had we begun the descent before we saw the large and handsome town below, but still with a long slope and a sharp ascent to be passed, before we could reach it.
From here we knew that, by hiring horses, we could reach Tampico in two hours; had we really known what lay before us, we would have done so.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "could reach" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
