Sentence examples for it slowly gained from inspiring English sources

After U.S. marines introduced the sport there, it slowly gained popularity until the 1960s, when Juan Marichal, the Alou brothers (Felipe, Mateo, and Jesus), and other Dominicans became prominent major league players.

Only in 1544, when Dominicans tantalized the court with prepared chocolate presented by a Kekchi Maya delegation of New World natives, did it slowly gain popularity.

Upon its release, it was met with an extremely negative reception as members protested their new 'auto-stalker', but it has slowly gained acceptance as users learned they could control which stories were sent to the News Feed.

It has slowly gained an audience over the years.

Launched in late 2012, it's slowly gained steam to become THE place for infrequent bloggers, touchy-feely corporate responses, journalistic experiments, and all kinds of *thinkfluenceship*.

It has since slowly gained ground, going from two MPs in 1994 to nine in 2002 and then 25 in 2006.

It's a terrific game, and I'm glad it's slowly gaining some traction, albeit well after the fact (I only played it last year).

It's slowly gaining a foothold in court systems and schools around the world: It is part, I'm certain, of an invisible wave of change that is transforming the planet.

"The Walking Dead" has been something of a sales phenomenon since it began: slowly gaining readers despite reader attrition being the norm.

It is slowly gaining more widespread use, so as yet, there has been limited publication of its performance outside of its own development and conformance tests.

The committee and its antecedents have slowly gained powers over the past few decades since the Korean War, but this week, it suddenly gained a whole lot more.