How to Use traction in a Sentence

traction

noun

• A patch of ice caused the car to lose traction.
• The bill failed to gain traction in the Senate.
• These tires get good traction on wet roads.
• She was in traction for three weeks after she broke her hip.
• We didn't get traction on this idea until the board took interest.
• Decades of campaigns at the Mercedes plant failed to gain enough traction to get to a union vote.
  — Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
• The film was released in Japan on Aug. 11 but struggled to gain traction.
  — Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2023
• That way, users can gain traction with their data and stay ahead of the curve in their markets.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2023
• The two variants that have gained traction in recent weeks are known as EG.5 and BA.2.86.
  — Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
• The clip of the lovable couple quickly gained traction on the video-sharing app.
  — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024
• Turnout was very low and Trump's challengers didn't gain great traction.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2024
• Alcaraz won the third but could not gain more traction than that, sending Medvedev to the final.
  — Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2023
• But the trend of watching TV shows and movies on TikTok, even those that are years old, has gained traction in the past year.
  — WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
• The clubhouse model has also found traction with the old guard.
  — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2024
• The idea—that suggests bits of the rings are falling into the planet—began to gain traction again in 2013.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Nov. 2023
• The movement gained traction around the 1970s, then with the internet, came the entrepreneurs and influencers.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
• Scott dropped his own bid for the White House in November 2023 after failing to gain traction in the polls.
  — Caitlin Huey-Burns, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2024
• The show struggled to get ratings traction in those bumpy early years.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
• But the idea is now gaining traction, even as evidence builds that the virus emerged from a Wuhan market.
  — Muktita Suhartono Ulet Ifansasti, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2023
• Already, there are signs that their ideas about fair use are gaining traction.
  — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2023
• These round-toe Chelsea boots feature a 4.3-inch shaft with a chunky lug sole platform heel and plenty of traction.
  — Courtney Leiva, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024
• But traction may be building as the clock winds down, lawmakers said.
  — Rebecca Griesbach | , al, 7 Apr. 2023
• But in recent months the concept — if not the sites — gained traction, with endorsements from dozens of civic leaders.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2023
• The proposal comes as the idea of a fiscal commission gains traction.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 9 Nov. 2023
• There’s even a rap about the fight slowly gaining traction on TikTok, which gives Gray and his folding chair their own shoutout.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2023
• The baby grand piano, considered the star lot, was bought in 1975 when Queen was gaining traction.
  — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
• Those dedicated Arc chips haven't seen a load of traction.
  — Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2024
• However, its origins can be traced back to the early 1970s when the shoe started to gain traction in the emerging hip-hop scene in New York City.
  — Quincy Green, Billboard, 4 Aug. 2023
• As the method gained traction, Osborn renamed the strategy.
  — Sheena Iyengar, Quartz, 31 Mar. 2023
• The product gained viral traction and Popeyes was sold out in its early days of offering the product.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024