gaining upon

Example Sentences

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Captain Barton arrested his course as formerly—the unaccountable nature of the occurrence filled him with vague and disagreeable sensations—and yielding to the excitement that was gaining upon him, he shouted sternly, "Who goes there?"

From In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

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

The police had thrown down their capes, and were rapidly gaining upon me.

From The Confessions of a Poacher by Anonymous

The beloved father of a family lies upon a bed of sickness, and disease is fast gaining upon the powers of life.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward

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)