gaining upon
Example Sentences
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From the increased distinctness with which we heard his step, it was evident we were gaining upon him.
From Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick by Springer, John S.
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)
The stranger, nevertheless, is evidently gaining upon us.
From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Reid, Mayne
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
