gaining upon
Example Sentences
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The police had thrown down their capes, and were rapidly gaining upon me.
From The Confessions of a Poacher by Anonymous
But, to her terror, she saw that this single horseman was gradually gaining upon her.
From The Yellow Chief by Reid, Mayne
When the highwayman observed his pursuers gaining upon him, he lost his nerve, and did the very worst thing possible under the circumstances.
From The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
He felt sure that he was steadily gaining upon them, and he expected to see them before the end of the day.
From Three Sioux Scouts by Gregor, Elmer Russell
But when they saw that we were gaining upon them, they put down their oars, and began to row towards the land.
From The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Casas, Bartolom? de las
