Sentence examples for fire gaining from inspiring English sources

On 19 February 1868, Brazilian ironclads successfully made a passage up the Paraguay River under heavy fire, gaining full control of the river and isolating Humaitá from resupply by water.

On 19 February, the Brazilian ironclads successfully made a passage up the Paraguay River under heavy fire, gaining full control of the river and thus isolating Humaitá from resupply by water.

And so the shame of the fire gained purchase once again.

Fire wall, first cited in 1799 as a literal wall between houses to prevent the spread of fire, gained new popularity in 1991 in computerese.

Chitika found that on its network, the Kindle Fire gained 3.03percentt of the overall market share, nearly doubling its total share of tablet traffic to 7.51percentt.

Courage Under Fire gained him critical notice, when The Washington Post labeled his performance "impressive".

Despite the expected Kindle Fire gains, Apple still leads by a wide margin, with 65% indicating they will buy the iPad compared with the 22% demonstrating interest in the Kindle Fire.

My 10-stock Greenblatt-based portfolio has been on fire this year, gaining 64% in 2009, and since its late-2005 incepthen the portfolio is averaging annualized returns of 10.6% while the S&P 500 has lost 4.3% annually.

The use of biomass for firing of powerplants (either as a primary fuel or in co-firing) is gaining popularity as it is seen as a carbon-neutral energy source.

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Down the hall is her colleague, Sam (short for Samantha), and coming to visit is one of their old friends, Angie, a flight attendant who was fired after gaining weight.