Words similar to gaining

Example sentences for: gaining

How can you use “gaining” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Republican hopes of gaining more than a dozen House seats and the magic number 60 in the Senate are slim.
The night Operation Allied Force began, Primakov, en route to the United States for loan negotiations, turned his plane around in midair, losing the money but gaining immense popularity at home.
The counterterrorism staff at CIA thought it was gaining a better understanding of Bin Ladin and his network.
The purveyors of spirits complain that the decades-old ban doesn't apply to beer and wine, and cite this as the reason why grapes and hops have been gaining market share against the hard stuff.
Morris says he had two discussions with Gore about whether there might be an alternative way to stop children from gaining access to inappropriate material on the Internet.