How to Use achieve in a Sentence

achieve

verb
  • They achieved high scores on their math tests.
  • We give students the skills they need in order to achieve in college.
  • With much practice, she has achieved a high level of skill.
  • This French twist technique is a super easy way to achieve salon-like waves.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Sick of whipping out a hair dryer, round brush, and a straightener to achieve a frizz-free blowout?
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The yarn is also produced in different counts to achieve light and heavy-weight garments.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Finley notes that the color adds a ton of depth when used on furniture that most other paints can't achieve.
    Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 5 Jan. 2023
  • One which effortlessly and seamlessly ups its game to achieve new heights of performance and driver engagement.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • This confluence of interests is useful but hardly sufficient to achieve the outcomes Trump desires.
    Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
  • But for now, her main focus is making her attribution studies more useful to lawyers and helping achieve some justice for the people most affected by climate change.
    WIRED, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Fairchild expressed confidence that Q could achieve stability if given the right medication.
    Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The third—the series’ best and last—has Sam trying to repay the favor by making sure a newly married Joel isn’t sacrificing too much of himself to achieve a happy ending.
    Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2024
  • They were conditioned to believe that thinness was the best thing a human could achieve – and this false belief has yet to abate significantly until recent years, when body positivity hit the mainstream.
    Alex Light, Glamour, 5 Jan. 2023
  • By the late 1970s, this dream had been largely achieved.
    Rachel Schnalzer Stewart, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
  • So achieving that balance was part of the fun and challenge of the show.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2024
  • And to achieve a vibrant pop, gem-like emerald is the way to go.
    Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 2 July 2024
  • Set new goals—and make a big deal about achieving them.
    Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 4 Mar. 2024
  • That was nearly triple the score achieved in the same month last year (KRW27 billion).
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 2 Apr. 2023
  • And the whole goal, my whole focus of the company and of me the last few years, has been to achieve that.
    Morgan Korn, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2024
  • The South Korean pop group achieves its first top 10 on the chart.
    Gary Trust, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
  • In theory this could be achieved through steep cuts in the cost of its goods sold.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Yes, Halle does slay in this pic (and always) but how does the star achieve such a strong glow?
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 22 Mar. 2023
  • To understand what that means, look at what Arkansans have achieved for the pro-life cause.
    Larry Page, National Review, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The only other music act to achieve this feat is rock band the Rolling Stones.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 15 Dec. 2023
  • What’s far less certain is whether the suit will achieve the goals the government has laid out.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
  • Good news: it can easily be achieved with the help of a hair waver.
    Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Being a Chanel bride in the 2000s was one of the highest honors a model could achieve.
    Vulture, 1 May 2023
  • Some film buff pups just achieved a Guinness World Record.
    Allie Hayes, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
  • And the actor’s job is to get around the obstacle and achieve the objective.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2023
  • But achieving a dream can also become ash in the mouth.
    Lydia Kiesling, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2023

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