How to Use gather momentum/strength in a Sentence

gather momentum/strength

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  • That’s crucial, because storms gather strength over the ocean.
    Elena Shao, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Once unleashed, the seething tone seemed to gather momentum.
    Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023
  • That seems to be a worry starting to gather momentum with the British government.
    Neil Winton, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Mandarin Hero was running mid-pack in the eight-horse field and also started to gather momentum.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2023
  • For most of the season, there was a desire here for the Ravens to get better, gather momentum and head into the playoffs to make a significant run.
    Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 29 Nov. 2021
  • If the Spurs can manage to keep their sanity, the trip sets up as an opportunity to gather momentum in the playoff race.
    Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Feb. 2021
  • But there are other threats out there in the era of crises; threats equally detrimental to our wellbeing and way of life that quietly gather momentum just beneath the radar.
    Erika James, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2022
  • News footage showed people in Kyushu starting to gather at gymnasiums, before winds gather momentum in the evening.
    Yuri Kageyama, chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2020
  • The roots of these circumstances within the forum dated back to the middle of 2020, when interest in GameStop investment began to gather momentum.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
  • But even as the police start closing in on their objective, the investigation fails to gather momentum.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2023
  • But as regulators continue to gather strength, lawmakers are finally starting to show signs of life on the crypto front, with this week emerging as the most eventful so far this year.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Komunyakaa tends to reach peak intensity in longer works that afford him the space to stretch out, gather momentum and amplify resonances.
    Washington Post, 29 June 2021
  • Ian, meanwhile, continues to churn and gather strength just south of Cuba, according to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center.
    Emre Kelly, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2022
  • As the Tings gather momentum on social media, the designs evolved further — partially thanks to its impressive fanbase.
    Angela Lei, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The movement has continued to gather momentum locally with more protests planned for this weekend, including one in Palmer on Saturday.
    Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2020
  • Hull’s prediction would reach full flower only decades later, spurred by a series of epochal economic, legal and cultural changes that began to gather momentum in the 1970s.
    Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, 29 May 2021
  • But pressure has been building for Biden to intervene more forcefully as other diplomatic efforts gather strength.
    Time, 20 May 2021
  • The bill to ban the practice by licensed health providers in Kentucky did not receive a hearing in either chamber of the state legislature earlier this year, but its bipartisan sponsors hope to gather momentum into next year's session.
    Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Across the globe, identity initiatives will continue to gather momentum.
    Lila Kee, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Residents on the small resort island of Polillo are accustomed to severe weather – their island sits in the northeastern Philippines, on the edge of the Pacific Ocean where storms typically gather strength and turn into typhoons.
    Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 1 Oct. 2022
  • This question started to gather momentum, shaking the foundational pillars of banking and financial services.
    Sixteen Ramos, Journal Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2023

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