reachin

Thin, puttin 'on a darin' front an 'reachin' f'r me handkerchief, I says, 'Stand back, robber!'

Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901

And then a hull lot of evergreens standin 'up straight and tall by the water's edge, and as fur back as you could see, but sort o' reachin 'out their green arms towards the river.

Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands Marietta Holley 1881

No one can realize my lonesomeness, Mrs. Pyncheon; "an 'reachin' out he caught my hands in his.

McClure's Magazine December, 1895 Ida M. Tarbell 1900

Now she took the lantern from the bar and placed it on the keg; then turning to him once more she went on in a voice that was distinctly persuasive: "If you didn't have to go so soon, I would like to have you come up to the cabin to-night an 'we would talk o' reachin 'out up there.

The Girl of the Golden West David Belasco 1892

I rounded the end of that log and put down the hill at a two-twenty clip, old bald-face reachin 'for me at every jump.

Bald-Face 2010

I rounded the end of that log and put down the hill at a two-twenty clip, old bald-face reachin 'for me at every jump.

Bald-Face 2010

An ebbreyfing teh kitteh needs maeks teh hoomin bended teh nees…somfing to du wif worship, or mebbe just reachin teh flore.

I goes to grocery store - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010

April 21, 2010 at 1:27 pm kitteh iz reachin fur da starz

ONWARD!!! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010

But all the time I\'se been a-climbin\ 'on, And reachin\' landin\'s, And turnin\ 'corners ...

Robert L. Borosage: Obama's First Year: It Ain't No Crystal Staircase 2009

That's one good thing about reachin '70: you start doin' things about things.

Don't Mess with Texas Bill Crider 2007