"gain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- By Victorian times the Grimm version had gained ascendency.
- During his time at school he developed a fascination for the industrial processes gaining ascendency in Europe at the time; he structured his education accordingly.
- Fighting continued throughout Khurasan with the Abbasids gaining increasing ascendency.
- But for the first, time my soul and mind gained ascendency for an instant, an instant just long enough to hold me to my purpose.
- This was a critique both of the neoconservative Bush doctrine, which gained ascendency following the 9/11 attacks, and of the Democrats for their failure to articulate an alternative.
- Yet ever anew it gained ascendency over her, it laid new hold on her.
- At this time a new power was gaining ascendency in the Deccan, viz., that of the Marathas under the leadership of Shivaji.
- Kumbela was exiled, but Lungshar failed to gain ascendency.
- Karikala Chola was the famous king during the early centuries of the common era and managed to gain ascendency over the Pandyas and Cheras.
- I pointed out the danger of such a woman gaining ascendency over the old man's mind.
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