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attempt to communicate
I try to reach out to my daughter but she doesn't want to have anything to do with me -
move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense
Government reaches out to the people -
reach outward in space
The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk
How To Use reach out In A Sentence
- Here was a gravity you could argue with; here was a horizon close enough to reach out and grasp hold of.
- Afghan and western officials say the policy has damaged attempts to reach out to insurgents. Times, Sunday Times
- Instead, political interest groups reach out directly, using computerized mailing lists and modems in addition to the old-fashioned campaign techniques.
- In an effort to reach out to such youngsters, in 1994 members of the committee took the initiative to pay frequent visits to teen hang-outs.
- Suddenly stricken with the urge to reach out and touch him, she did just that.
- Take time to appreciate your stellar grades, that awesome masterpiece you painted for art class and the way you've been able to reach out to a troubled pal.
- However, although it is likely that making individuals active participants in community-building programmes enhances their communicativeness and sociality, there is no guarantee that 'developed' communities would 'reach out' across the ethno-sectarian divide.
- But the president is trying in a very deliberate way to reach out to those elements of organized labor that might be friendly to him - the teamsters, the steel workers, the machinists.
- So far, his administration has failed to reach out to hardline Republicans.
- The word dendrite means fingers; the organic glue and the surfactant used to shape the Clay NanoSheets used in this hydrogel both have fingers that reach out and grab the nearby elements, holding it all together. TreeHugger
