Sentence examples for gained lifting from inspiring English sources

Technology shares gained, lifting the Nasdaq for a fifth day, on expectations that companies that make computers, software and related equipment would be among the first beneficiaries of growth in the economy.

It also gives them the ability to gain lift easily with prey".

Then the arms will actually press down, to try and gain lift up and out of the water for the mouth to breathe.

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

Kite, oldest known heavier-than-air craft designed to gain lift from the wind while being flown from the end of a flying line, or tether.

These birds favor the mountain ridges like those in the New Jersey Highlands where they gain lift from the thermals created by the sun's heat.

Dudley is interested in directed aerial descent because controlled gliding, he thinks, may have been the predecessor to flying, as animals learned how to use their arms and legs to gain lift in addition to maneuvering in freefall.

I envision myself carried by gusts from Manhattan across the Hudson River where I look down and see the governor of New Jersey who, despite the loss of gravity, cannot gain lift.

But Mr Ma's faltering popularity has shown little sign of gaining lift from China's displays of goodwill since he took office in 2008, which included the launch of direct cross-strait flights and a free-trade agreement.

"This is the most straightforward way of testing -- we can make it fly any way we want and measure the resulting forces". What they found is that insects use three distinct but interacting techniques to gain lift, that is, to counter gravity and stay in the air.

When tethered and fixed in a position to gain lift from the wind, a kite maintains a perpetual stall a poor aerodynamic design for an airplane but essential for a kite flying at a stable and positive angle with respect to the horizon.