gaining upon
Example Sentences
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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)
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 Tomlinson, Everett T. (Everett Titsworth)
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
Every moment the dogs are gaining upon her.
From Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America by Wade, Mary Hazelton Blanchard
The closing features of consumption were gaining upon him rapidly.
From The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry
