gaining upon
Example Sentences
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Evidently I was magnifying the grip that Spoof was gaining upon her.
From Neighbours by Robert J. C. Stead
This could be done fairly well, for a while, although he was not gaining upon her.
From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by W. O. Stoddard
As Peggy realized this a whoop from the pursuers told that they had caught sight of them, and the clattering hoofs that they were gaining upon them.
From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Lucy Foster Madison
A glance behind him showed that he was gaining upon his two pursuers, a fact which was as manifest to them as it was to him.
From The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam by Everett T. (Everett Titsworth) Tomlinson
We were gaining upon them; but so slowly, that Guinane was all the while chafing with impatience.
From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Charles A. Beach
