"pick up strength" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to gain or increase strength or power. Example: After struggling for months, the economy finally began to pick up strength.
And the scientists tell us that hurricanes pick up strength in warm waters.
"I pick up strength in August". That is applicable to Ronaldo too, if need be.
That seemed to curb optimism among investors that the economy was poised to pick up strength in the second half of the year, but the market gradually recovered.
If the storm does head into the warm waters of the gulf, it could pick up strength and threaten the Gulf Coast, Mr. Mayfield said.
The typhoon is forecast to make landfall at about 10 am (03 00 GMT) Sunday on the northeast coast of Vietnam and meteorologists have warned that the storm could pick up strength as it moves over the South China Sea.
And the coast offers an added advantage: winds over the ocean tend to pick up strength as the sun sets, just when the contribution of solar power is done for the day.
However shameless it may be, the book picks up strength as it heads for its date with destiny.
The waters burst, and immediately the contractions picked up strength and speed, but the baby did not budge.
By mid-August, the hunger strike that military commanders thought they had resolved was picking up strength.
Even as the economy appeared to be picking up strength, Greenspan and Bernanke were reluctant to switch off the monetary spigots, sometimes for good reasons, sometimes for dubious ones.
With Republicans here picking up strength consistently through the 80's and 90's, it is now hard for Texas Democrats to be tough on much of anything.
