gaining upon
Example Sentences
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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
We were gaining upon them; but so slowly, that Guinane was all the while chafing with impatience.
From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Beach, Charles A.
Evidently I was magnifying the grip that Spoof was gaining upon her.
From Neighbours by Stead, Robert J. C.
They were steadily gaining upon the four scouts.
From Three Sioux Scouts by Gregor, Elmer Russell
As Peggy realized this a whoop from the pursuers told that they had caught sight of them, and the clattering hoofs that they were gaining upon them.
From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Madison, Lucy Foster
