Sentence examples for quite gained from inspiring English sources

In some ways, Hawke can feel aggrieved that he too hasn't quite gained the recognition he has deserved.

As a result, it has never quite gained enough of a foothold to be taken seriously as part of UK musical culture.

Mark Lawson ITV2, 11 September Boardwalk Empire A series that never quite gained the foothold that many expected it to, Boardwalk Empire is about to come to an end.

Big Audio Dynamite (later known as Big Audio Dynamite II, Big Audio or just BAD) never quite gained the critical or commercial success of the Clash, but they did enjoy a longer career, and judging by the just-reformed band's billing at this year's Coachella festival there's still a lot of love for them.

In part, that's because Edge never quite gained the market share where developers cared enough to test their code on the platform.

While the company has tapped into the youth of this country, it hasn't quite gained traction with the folks whose annual incomes are, well, significantly higher than a 17-year-old's.

(Mr. Konitz weaved in and out of those parts, never quite gaining firm footing).

For this reason, unrest in the eastern Kurdish areas never quite gains momentum, and opposition groups have been snuffed out.

An object that remains functional never quite gains the aura that is normally associated with the highest creations of the imagination.

He went to Europe for a successful decade, then came back to Manhattan in the 1990s without quite gaining main-stage status here.

The reality is that Romney has spent the last few months asymptotically approaching the president's numbers: Rising toward parity, slipping back a bit, rising again, slipping back, and never quite gaining a lead of his own.