gaining upon
Example Sentences
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If he found that folly gaining upon him, he would leave Cardyllian without staying his accustomed week, and never return till the feeling had died as completely as last year's roses.
From The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
Evidently I was magnifying the grip that Spoof was gaining upon her.
From Neighbours by Stead, Robert J. C.
His health had been for some years gradually declining, and disease in the shape of gout gaining upon him.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
I am gaining upon the power to throw it off, however.
From Professor Huskins by Cummings, Lettie M.
He plainly saw that they were not gaining upon him, although they still held doggedly to the pursuit.
From The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam by Tomlinson, Everett T. (Everett Titsworth)
