Sentence examples for the gathering steam from inspiring English sources

I felt like a man standing outside an old shoe-repair shop in the Yonkers business district, with the sound of the Metro-North train arriving at the station a few blocks away, trailing a long strand of tension and stress as it tried to brake to a stop; and then, a minute later, the repowering, the gathering steam.

Cover the stockpot and let the gathering steam cook the cauliflower.

With the 1997 financial crisis now fading into the past and the economy gathering steam, the government announced this week that the exchange regulations would be lifted in stages over nine years.

That view is echoed throughout official Washington, though there is a recognition that the pace of yuan appreciation at least against the dollar is gathering steam (see chart).

Even without looking, I could deduce the time from the ping of the bedroom radiator gathering steam in winter or the infrequency of the cars passing by on the street outside.

Because the "family jewels" were compiled as the Watergate investigation was gathering steam, the C.I.A.'s concern about the extent that the agency could be tied to the crimes of the Nixon administration is palpable throughout the documents.

The Alliance is part of the campaign now gathering steam at the U.N. to impose Islamic anti-blasphemy laws worldwide, gagging free speech.

Because the documents were compiled as the Watergate investigation was gathering steam, the agency's concern about the extent that it could be tied to the crimes of the Nixon administration is palpable throughout.

Ms. Morgan-Thomas said the problem began gathering steam in the last four years, when more people began arriving in the neighborhood, bringing increased gentrification.

The company is gathering steam: Since the service came out of beta testing in September, more than 22,000 people have signed up to receive the boxes.

WHEN the internet was gathering steam in the mid 1990s, White House policy wonks got together under President Clinton's nerdy aide, Ira Magaziner, to find ways to support it.