Sentence examples for foothold as from inspiring English sources

This pianist is a representative of the new Latin jazz here and has gained a wider foothold as well; he's a steady member of Ravi Coltrane's group.

Legal downloading never managed to get a foothold as, by the time iTunes launched illegal downloading, using sites such as Sweden's own The Pirate Bay, was widespread.

"We must secure the areas to make sure the Shabab does not gain a foothold as we move forward".

Federer seemed to be on his way to a routine victory, but Djokovic gained a foothold as the match wore on.

In due course, he gained a foothold as a television script editor, then became a news-show host in Ottawa and a drama producer.

Modernism gained its foothold as a new generation of architects, trained in the 1930s, allied themselves to local council planners to create a nation of new Jerusalems.

But it does at least give keen learners a few footholds as they start to climb.

The Americans sprinted out to a dominant 13-4 start, but the capable Dominicans found some footholds as the set wore on.

These are Neighborhood Housing's footholds as it goes about gut-renovating clusters of vacant and abandoned homes in Newhallville, a section of the city battered by crime, joblessness and foreclosure.

LIBYA The rebels seeking to oust Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi claimed minor victories in some of their last footholds as they battled to hold off the Qaddafi forces' superior firepower.

We can imagine his referees like mountain climbers desperately looking for footholds, as Hamilton enthusiastically introduced new theory, new method and new example organisms all at the same time in a paper.