gaining upon
Example Sentences
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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)
The stranger, nevertheless, is evidently gaining upon us.
From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Reid, Mayne
All the time he was gaining upon his audience.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life by Herndon, William H.
The distance he was so rapidly gaining upon them told him he had not been mistaken about the superior qualities of his steed.
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
Brown and Knight, seeing the dogs gaining upon them, selected a place where loose stones were abundant, and gave their barking foes a reception which must have astonished them.
From Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. by Pittenger, William
