Sentence examples for a temporary foothold from inspiring English sources
On Saturday night, the Occupy Wall Street movement managed to gain a temporary foothold on Wall Street, courtesy of an art show partly inspired by the group's protests.
It has also made pre-emptive arrests in Midan, the neighboring district, closer to downtown, where rebels gained a temporary foothold in July and which they said was their next target.
He is, after all, for the moment at least a man who has nothing to lose but a temporary foothold on the most severe case of shifting sands in all of the game.
Kublai continued the assault against the Song, gaining a temporary foothold on the southern banks of the Yangtze.
Camp Lemonnier, a sun-baked Third World outpost established by the French Foreign Legion, began as a temporary staging ground for U.S. Marines looking for a foothold in the region a decade ago.
These deep-stuck poor require not just a temporary boost back up, but long-term support--and even guidance on how to maintain a foothold.
A temporary factory that hired temporary workers.
Is this a temporary slump?
