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Sentences ending with gained

Eh, what do you think would be gained? [11]
Every pound lost, would have been a hundredweight of happiness gained. [12]
This was the third point gained. [7]
Dolgorukov, one of the warmest advocates of an attack, had just returned from the council, tired and exhausted but eager and proud of the victory that had been gained. [2]
That was the second point gained. [7]
And he was right; for other men went after the gold and got some of it, and were caught by French and South American pirates and lost all they had gained. [11]
Officers of the regular army did not want this service--away off there where neither honor nor distinction was to be gained. [5]
My men worked on ardently, and presently we gained. [11]
Kutuzov alone would not see this and openly expressed his opinion that no fresh war could improve the position or add to the glory of Russia, but could only spoil and lower the glorious position that Russia had gained. [2]
Des Cartes and Leibnitz denied that any new motion originated in nature, or that any ever ceased to exist; all motion being in a circle, passing from one body to another, one losing what the other gained. [3]

Short sentences using gained

They have gained the goal. [10]
His carriage gained in ease. [11]
She had gained her object. [10]
And superstition; and gained toleration. [4]
What is gained by it? [5]
Paradise gained. [9]

Sentences containing gained two or more times

Nothing is gained in the Alps by over-exertion; nothing is gained by crowding two days' work into one for the poor sake of being able to boast of the exploit afterward. [5]
The thing gained and gained, and I judged it must be a dog that was about tired out. [5]

More example sentences with the word gained in them

And what do you think would be gained by it? [11]
And this, if you like, is practical,--so practical that the men like you, who have gained unexampled privilege, fear it more and more. [9]
That is what you have gained by alienating me! [2]
Some have gained years, some have lost them. [5]
I said I would stop till I had gained it. [12]
Miss Bronte spoke with the greatest warmth of Miss Martineau, and of the good she had gained from her. [14]
As it was, with all hands at the pumps the water gained on her, and she moaned and creaked and ached her way into the night with no surety that she would show a funnel to the light of another day. [11]
Followed through one winding alley and then another,--and climbing, always climbing--till at last we gained the breezy height where the huge castle stood. [5]
The bold general who had gained so many victories, and whom the defeat of Actium had only humbled, was said to have regained his former elasticity. [10]
Then; for a while, he had gained a meagre living by sewing up bursted sacks of grain on the piers; when that failed he had found food here and there as chance threw it in his way. [5]
Here the tears which so easily rose to his eyes began to flow, and, seeing that Melissa's tender heart was moved by his sorrow, he gained confidence, and reproached his daughter for having kindled Caracalla's love, by her radiant eyes--so like her mother's! [10]
The world to which she returned after this hour had gained a new aspect. [10]
Serious questions to which she had never given a thought had been brought before her; and yet, in this brief period of anxiety she had gained the precious sense of youthfulness and of capacity for action when she had to depend on herself. [10]
The art to which he had gained entrance by so severe a struggle, and on whose soil he had laboured diligently enough, proved, so far as outward recognition was concerned, cruel to the enthusiastic disciple. [10]
Her dark eyes, which at first had glittered distrustfully and questioningly and afterwards glowed with a gloomy light, now gained a new expression. [10]
The moon, which, when I took possession of my new apartments, was invisible, gradually gained each evening upon the darkness of the night, and at length rolled in full splendor above the towers, pouring a flood of tempered light into every court and hall. [4]
Had we conquered, what a proud delight it would have been to say, 'The weapons which you gave to the man you loved gained him the sovereignty of the world! [10]
Yet as time went on he gained confidence. [11]
When the Lady Wendula, his master's mother, learned what an excellent reputation Biberli had gained as a schoolmaster, she persuaded her husband to send him as esquire with their sickly son. [10]
I knew full well what had led her to quit her bed so early, and, as she met her lover at breakfast, her form and face meseemed had gained in beauty, so that I could not take my eyes off from her. [10]
We compare the weakened impression of a past temptation with the ever present social instincts, or with habits, gained in early youth and strengthened during our whole lives, until they have become almost as strong as instincts. [1]
As far as we can judge, a recurrent period, if approximately of the right duration for any process or function, would not, when once gained, be liable to change; consequently it might be thus transmitted through almost any number of generations. [1]
Unfortunately, perhaps, it was too dark before we reached Henry's to enable us to see the road in all its loops and parallels as it appears on the map, but we gained a better effect. [4]
The King's cause was hers, and to be permitted to work for it gained a special charm by her son's appointment to be governor of the country, which filled her with mingled anxiety and joy. [10]
The maiden's brow was grave and thoughtful, the lips firmly set; but she seemed to Dido to have grown, and to have gained something of her mother's mature dignity. [10]
I began to walk, slowly at first, then more and more rapidly until I had gained a breathless pace; in ten minutes I was in West Street, standing in front of the Templar's Hall where the meeting of the Citizens Union west in progress. [9]
Yet her deep voice had gained a new, strange tone as, at first rapidly and softly, then in louder and firmer accents, she continued: "So I attained my eighteenth year and was no longer satisfied to dwell in Succoth. [10]
The humour and vitality of his speeches, and his convincing advocacy of the cause of the "factory folk," had gained him a hearing. [11]
He was so visibly embarrassed that I gained a little courage. [9]
Sky-blue, the Holy Virgin's colour, should be hers, and thus his also, and every victory gained by the knight with the sky-blue on his helmet, under St. Clare's protection, would then be hers. [10]
After the great victory gained by Count Egmont against the military forces of France, eleven months after the battle of St. Quentin, there was enough to be seen in Brussels. [10]
Mr. B. was very complimentary to me when Trollop's break-down in the House showed him the object of my mysterious scheme; I think he will say, still finer things when I tell him the triumph the sequel to it has gained for us. [5]
Precious time lost--for us; precious time gained for Bedford. [5]
Illinois had gained upon that State under the public land system as it is. [7]
He began by twitting me for a Whig, and presently he said: 'But we have gained one convert, Miss Swain, who sees the error of his ways. [9]
When she had turned down West Street and almost gained the canal, it was with a shock of surprise that she found herself confronted by a man in a long cape who held a rifle and barred her path. [9]
She was riding toward the great man who longed to see her, and to whom--she herself scarcely knew whence she gained the courage--she felt that she belonged. [10]
We gained the top, and entered unmolested. [9]
Besides, the woman to whom he had become attached at the Nore had been put ashore on the day Dyck gained control. [11]
Again he whispered, to what purpose had I gained my liberty, if now I renounced it? [9]
And, with reference to the period at which the power of reproduction is gained, it is a remarkable fact that various birds occasionally breed whilst retaining their immature plumage. [1]
He gained permission to see him, in the presence of an officer, during the day, and he found that hero very much cast down. [5]
Then we turn to page 20 of the Autobiography and happen upon this passage, and that hasty suspicion stands rebuked: "I gained book-knowledge with far less labor than is usually requisite. [5]
Mr. Langdon seemed to me to have gained in seriousness and strength of character by his late experiences. [6]
If the opportunity to make an attack arrived, a powerful fleet would be at her disposal, for which smaller ships also should now be built at Klysma, on the basis of the experience gained at Actium. [10]
I took her to her first assembly, where her simple and unassuming ways had made her an instant favourite; and her face, which had the beauty of dignity and repose even so early in life, gained her ample attention. [9]
It is impossible to doubt that colour has been gained by many fishes as a protection: no one can examine the speckled upper surface of a flounder, and overlook its resemblance to the sandy bed of the sea on which it lives. [1]
All who had to do with Egypt gained except herself, and if she moved in revolt or agony, they threatened her. [11]
For a long time we believed that salvation is gained by works--gifts to the Church, fasts, scourgings, seclusion from the world, self-confinement in a cell--and our wealth went to Rome. [10]
Gradually the flood tide of emotion began to ebb, and the confusion of loving exclamations and incoherent words gained some order and separated into question and answer. [10]
I have sometimes thought he gained the force she lost; but this may have been a whim, very probably. [6]
So Fastolfe yielded, though he said they were now risking the loss of everything which the English had gained by so many years' work and so many hard knocks. [5]
When he reads this, as I hope he will, let him be assured of my esteem and respect; and if he gained any accommodation from being in my company, let me tell him that I learned a lesson from his active benevolence. [6]
How worthless was this mighty power which he had gained, how hateful, when he could not bestow the smallest fragment of it upon one whom he loved? [9]
Perhaps he was thinking of the life he had lived, which was spent now: of the men he had ruled, of the victories he had gained from that place which would know him no more. [9]
Rostov was always thinking about that brilliant exploit of his, which to his amazement had gained him the St. George's Cross and even given him a reputation for bravery, and there was something he could not at all understand. [2]
The most extraordinary thing about her is her contempt for what her father has gained, and for conventionalities. [9]
And in that they were a supplication he had gained a victory. [9]
Yet, even if they persisted in following the runaway, the captive warrior no longer feared the worst, for Ephraim had gained a long advance of his pursuers. [10]
Second by second they gained on us, relentlessly. [9]
He slipped in there, avoiding the crowded lobby with its shifting groups and its haze of smoke,--plainly to be seen behind the great plates of glass,--went upstairs, and gained room Number. [9]
In that case, theory suggests that, while the enemy concentrates at that point, advantages can be gained by crossing smaller forces at other points to cut off his lines, destroy his communication, and capture his rear-guards, outposts, etc. [7]
Recognizing the fact, then, that we have learned nothing but the machinery of life, and are no nearer to its essence, what is it that we have gained by this great discovery of the cell formation and function? [3]
Dealing with great themes, his own mind had gained their dignity. [6]
I can see them now, crackling and writhing as they gained on the wood, licking it and fawning, as it were, till it caught and sent up a rush of sparks and fire. [10]
My sense of their grandeur and their noble beauty was neither lost nor impaired; I had gained a new interest in the mountains without losing the old ones. [5]
No doubt if their colours had been brilliant, they would have been much more conspicuous to their enemies; but whether their dull tints have been specially gained for the sake of protection seems, as far as I can judge, rather doubtful. [1]
Nodding at Simmons, the watchman, he hurried up the iron-shod stairs, gained the outer once, and instantly perceived that her chair beside the window was empty! [9]
Biberli's eloquence gained the victory in this case also, and though the groom led by the bridle another young stallion which the ex-schoolmaster might have mounted, he had walked cheerily beside the old monk, sweeping up the dust with his long robe. [10]
A sense of the striving and the suffering deeply possessed him; and this grew the more intense as he gained some knowledge of the forces at work-forces of pity, of destruction, of perdition, of salvation. [8]
But she gained the shelf, gasping, hot of cheek, glad of eye, with her hand in Venters's. [13]
I had gained the road once more, and I followed it hopefully, avoiding the stumps and the deep wagon ruts where the ground was spongy. [9]
I pushed through the people, gained the street, and fairly ran down the alley that led to the side entrance of the hall, where a small group was gathered under the light that hung above the doorway. [9]
Before I gained the Life Guard's House I met a dozen horsemen, amongst them Banks on a mount of Mr. Fox's. [9]
The stories that the house was haunted gained in frequency of repetition and detail of circumstance. [6]
Yes, here was the gate, and now we were in the fort, and an empire was gained, never to be lost again. [9]
The answer of the garrison was a defiant cheer, and those who had dropped, finding they were not shot at, picked themselves up again and gained the top, helping to pull the ladders after them. [9]
By impetus gained, the French army was still able to roll forward to Moscow, but there, without further effort on the part of the Russians, it had to perish, bleeding from the mortal wound it had received at Borodino. [2]
As soon as the fleet had gained the victory I would have the prow of my galley turned southward and, without a farewell, exclaiming only, 'We will meet in Alexandria! [10]
When he gained the cover of cedars he paused to rest and look, and it was then he saw how the trees sprang from holes in the bare rock. [13]
If one of the boats has a 'lightning' pilot, whose 'partner' is a trifle his inferior, you can tell which one is on watch by noting whether that boat has gained ground or lost some during each four-hour stretch. [5]
They, however, kept the belt, exchanging it from one to another, and encouraging each other; but he gained on them fast. [5]
He tells me that you have gained a vast reputation for your plantation, and likewise that you are thought much of by the Whig wiseacres, and that you hold many seditious offices. [9]
I couldn't see that we ever gained an inch on that ring. [5]
And he knew that the strength of the love in her which he had gained was beyond estimation. [9]
It is true that the revolt within the party has never gained much headway in our state, but in these days it is difficult to tell when and where a conflagration may break out, or how far it will go. [9]
He was informed that the mercenaries in the Schnitzthurm guard were paid five shillings a week more than he, spite of the knowledge he had gained by so much toil. [10]
It troubled her that she had lost, or had never gained, the whole control of her mind. [13]
Indeed, some of that recondite knowledge, in which I took a pride, had been gained on the occasions of my previous visits. [9]
I don't know that Henderson changed much, accented as his grasping selfishness was on occasion; prosperity had not impaired that indifferent good-fellowship and toleration which had early gained him popularity. [4]
He told himself that he was on the point of becoming a traitor and a criminal, the visions he had just beheld passed before him again, but this time it was another, and a different one which gained the foremost place. [10]
After she had taken another survey of the spacious apartment, which she was visiting for the first time by daylight, the torturing feeling of being neglected gained possession of her. [10]
Orphaned, poor, a struggler who had gained no complete victory, it had been rich only in disappointments to him, in spite of his conviction that he was a genuine artist, and was fighting for a good cause. [10]
Often, when his strength failed, and he sat down by the roadside to take breath, his soul-life gained a loftier aspiration. [10]
But in Dey Street she gained calmness, was able to renew something of that sense of proportion the lack of which, in the chaos in which she was engulfed, often brought her to the verge of madness. [9]
I have still strangely to record moments when, in spite of the aspirations I had achieved, of the redeeming vision I had gained, at the thought of returning to her I revolted. [9]
Holder's doubts were stilled, he had gained power of his temptations and peace for his soul, and he had gone forth inspired by the reminder that there was no student of whom the dean expected better things. [9]
We gained the still pools below, the sun came out once more and smiled on the landscape, and the spirits of the men, reviving, burst all bounds. [9]
This time the springs proved still more beneficial than when she first used them, and the hope of soon being able to exercise her beloved art again gained new and solid foundation. [10]
I have become somewhat more intimately acquainted with the writer of it than in the earlier period of my connection with this establishment, and I think I may say have gained her confidence to a very considerable degree. [6]

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