Sentence examples for foot gains from inspiring English sources

Even ministers find themselves getting tangled up in the lexicon of royal gaffes, as the expression "shoot yourself in the foot" gains new significance in Madrid.

A distinguished writer and journalist with a passion for literature as well as politics, Foot gained his first great claim to fame as the author of Guilty Men, the celebrated polemic against the prewar appeasers in 1940.

(this way you jump up with the ball in your right hand, jumping off the left foot, gaining a few more inches this way) Approach above the rim, and quickly turn around so that you are facing the court, and not the backboard.

The first 500-foot gain comes in a hurry, but no climbing is necessary.

Pasang's energies remained essentially untapped by any challenge — a ten-hour walk, a five-thousand-foot gain in altitude, a freezing night in a tent, air so dry that fingers cracked and noses bled.

Circle it back around to center and repeat, alternating each foot to gain momentum.

Elmer spread his wings to their full four-foot span, gaining lift.

The Mount St. Helena Trail (5.3 miles, 2,100-foot elevation gain) follows a fire road to the summit.

While women are still barred from some sorts of duty, the case for equal footing is gaining ground.

And with the nearly 300-foot elevation gain to the top of Telegraph Hill, who needs a boring old hotel treadmill?

But the All Blacks checked the fightback with a line-out steal quickly followed by Carter's dropped goal, adjusting his feet to gain the optimal angle.