Sentence examples for gaining altitude from inspiring English sources

He made a series of smooth wide turns, gaining altitude as though he were climbing a spiral staircase.

The income tax rates and sales tax rates are gaining altitude, leaving New Yorkers feeling superlatively besieged.

This is a living, animated place; gaining altitude over the eastern tower of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, you feel like you can reach out and grab it.

The big ones are four or five times pricier than the biggest in the 1980's, and the number keeps climbing like an airliner gaining altitude.

The plane takes off and then banks hard, turning in tight circles like a corkscrew, gaining altitude while minimising exposure to rocket attack.

Emerging markets have soared above almost all others this year, especially in the second quarter, even as those other markets were swiftly gaining altitude themselves.

The train steadily gained altitude.

You could feel the airframe straining to gain altitude.

As I gain altitude and proximity to Lake Argentino, the roadsides become rivulets and ponds.

I waved to a farmer below as I gained altitude without effort.

At speeds above ten knots, the prow levitates like a seabird struggling to gain altitude.