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)

If he found that folly gaining upon him, he would leave Cardyllian without staying his accustomed week, and never return till the feeling had died as completely as last year's roses.

From The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

This could be done fairly well, for a while, although he was not gaining upon her.

From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by Stoddard, W. O.

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)

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