Actually, it starts a little slowly but builds steam along the way.

Meanwhile, some newer national organizations for the elderly took advantage of the health-care controversy to build steam.

Coach Al Mitchell compares it to a train slowly building steam.

The exhibition begins slowly, and builds steam.

And still others are just building steam in their careers, awaiting their big moment.

After the fires were put out, the crew returned and the William Williams built steam to continue to port.

But as the holiday shopping mania continues to build steam, it's interesting to note where, exactly, most of this stuff passes in and out.

Dageus halted that argument before it built steam.

Steam locomotives which build steam over longer periods may not have had this trouble.

"If anything, the public's dissatisfaction is building steam, and now it's going to be a volcano," she said.