Gained

Examples

• This victory gained, Rokesmith made haste to profit by it, for he saw how woefully time had been lost. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• As the golden swim of light overhead died out, the moon gained brightness, and seemed to begin to smile forth her ascendancy. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• And it gained its point after all, for I saw it through the window within a few minutes, being nursed by little Jane. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I gained the top of the stairs and ran along the passage. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Certainly, sir, said Baker, who had risen and tucked his newly gained property under his arm. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Three brigades held the hill already gained. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Thus all the clocks in the series could be regulated every hour, for the collapse of the clippers pushed the hand forward if it were too late, or thrust it back if it had gained. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• They went out by another staircase, avoiding the lodge; and coming into the front court-yard, now all quiet and deserted, gained the street. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• There was nothing to be gained by leaving them alone. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Instances might be multiplied of this easily gained and unconscious popularity. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• As I gained my feet the therns lowered their wicked rifles, their faces distorted in mingled chagrin, consternation, and alarm. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I gained nothing by evading the troublesome questions which arose concerning women and children. Plato. The Republic.
• Lord Lorne may have gained Harriette's heart, said Mrs. Porter, just as if she understood the game of hearts! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• If Napoleon had gained this battle, it would have counted among his most characteristic and brilliant exploits. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She might, perhaps, have gained an absolute, but she would certainly have lost a relative advantage. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Little by little, however, progressive business men saw the advantages to be gained by motor delivery and the motor truck began to gain favor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In 642 the Arabs having pushed their conquest into northern Africa gained possession of Alexa ndria. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Carefully I picked my way between and over the soldiers until I had gained the rack at the far side of the room. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Tom by this time had gained his feet, and was confronting his master with a steady, unmoved front. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• As I gained my feet I was confronted by the sentry on duty, into the muzzle of whose revolver I found myself looking. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Two distinct objects were to be gained by it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• During this period my father gained great distinction as a warrior and had taken the metal from several chieftains. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Mr. Moore looked as if he felt he had at last gained some footing in this difficult path. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Men love to distinguish themselves, and in either of the other lines distinction may be gained, but not in the church. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Downhill the men rather gained on me, but uphill I began to distance them. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He felt his limbs growing fuller and flexible with life, his body gained an unknown strength. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Melancholy followed, but by degrees I gained a clear conception of my miseries and situation, and was then released from my prison. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• It is something gained to know that. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She had gained her point, and had time to consider of it. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.

Typist: Nathaniel