Sentence examples for give traction from inspiring English sources

All athletes, for example, require shoes that give traction and protection with minimum weight.

It had ramps and wide doorways to accommodate wheelchairs, and cork floors to give traction to crutches, among other features.

Mr Trichet and his colleagues argue that the SMP is needed to give traction to monetary policy in those troubled economies.

These are scalloped areas that run into the side of the tread from the sidewall to give traction in snow and during off-road driving.

Scott Levenson, a political consultant who has worked on many campaigns in the city, said that although Mr. Bloomberg still rated as a favorite, his hardball tactics throughout the term limits battle "certainly give traction to mayoral opponents that would not have had any a few months ago.

Thanks to spines that give traction when its legs are splayed, a cockroach can scuttle even at maximum scrunch.

[C11.] Web Gives Traction to Electronic Retreads Once hidden in the back of electronics stores, refurbished products are becoming more popular, with a big assist from the Web.

Most of them seemed distinctive and strong, building a case whose relative cogency remains to be decided but which gives traction to aesthetic discernment and critical intelligence.

But there's nothing grave about the director Andrei Belgrader's lively, lucid production, which is given traction by the expert support of Alvin Epstein as Nagg, Hamm's "accursed progenitor," and by Elaine Stritch as Nagg's wife, Nell.

Mr. Leonard said the list is about giving traction to offbeat scripts that might not get attention through traditional means, and by opening up voting to more people, the online service will enhance that goal.

Using the industrial frequency AC, the given traction power supply system can connect to a utility grid directly and thus gains economic, reliable, and strong power supply.