How to Use gather/gain momentum in a Sentence

gather/gain momentum

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• The crucial question was whether an avalanche would gain momentum or lose it.
  — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
• Some newer runners will run a week and take a week off, and will not gain momentum, Hodge said.
  — Kelyn Soong, Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2023
• After the whistles and creating scrums and a lot of guys gain momentum from that.
  — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2023
• Over the course of the next week, word spread, and the walkout began to gain momentum, Franzblau said.
  — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2023
• That came just in time for Guy’s own legend to finally gain momentum.
  — Gary Graff, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2023
• Meanwhile, Ty Gibbs is also cold to start the year and needs to gain momentum.
  — Joseph Wolkin, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
• Gears dictate how easily your child can pedal and gain momentum (read speed).
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 24 Aug. 2023
• Barnes said his family’s goal is to gain momentum for these new laws outlining how the public should safely store their weapons.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Jan. 2024
• At around the same time, the mainstream climate movement was starting to gain momentum with peaceful tactics.
  — Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2024
• In Europe, plug-in vehicles are still struggling to gain momentum.
  — Jessica Bateman, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
• The push to boycott Unilever continues to gain momentum online.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
• And while herd rebuilding is expected to gain momentum in the next couple of years, expansion takes time.
  — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2025
• But even before that kicked off, negative whispers about the project began to gain momentum on online forums and tech chats.
  — New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2025
• The Broncos used a fourth-quarter surge that fell short against the Chargers to gain momentum toward six wins in the next eight weeks.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
• It's been around 25 minutes since the opening bell, and European shares are struggling to gain momentum.
  — Chloe Taylor,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 1 July 2025
• Her sense as someone who has feet on the ground and is working on downtown issues every day is that things are turning the corner and the recovery will gain momentum.
  — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 31 Oct. 2024
• Perhaps unsurprisingly, this idea failed to gain momentum, and Ritchel faded from the headlines.
  — Erik Ofgang, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
• That allowed Henderson to gain momentum, and the Orioles shortstop has made the most of the opportunity.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2023
• State efforts gain momentum But where national efforts to pass the legislation have stalled, the movement has gained momentum at the state-level.
  — Chandelis Duster, CNN, 26 Sep. 2023
• The adoption of GenAI tools in the workplace, whether permissible or not, will only continue to gain momentum.
  — Albert Galarza, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
• Espresso Martini Brunette Cunningham says that brunettes are having a moment right now and will continue to gain momentum in the new year.
  — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
• Brady and the Buccaneers (8-8) hope to use Sunday’s regular-season finale to gain momentum for the playoffs.
  — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 8 Jan. 2023
• The combination of ebbing Ukrainian morale and supplies and Moscow’s forces appearing to gain momentum marks a pivotal moment in the conflict.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
• The storms are slated to continue from overnight, but will gain momentum and intensity in the afternoon and evening as the weather system heads east and organizes over the Midwest states.
  — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
• The right-hander's return offers stability to a team that is struggling to gain momentum after the Red Sox's six-game win streak quickly gave way to a six-game losing streak this month.
  — Joey Copponi, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
• Nobody can ask for absolute perfection, but the wish going into the New Year would be for the side to cut out moments that allow the opposition to gain momentum out of nothing.
  — Art De Roché, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
• The Granite State is an important place for a candidate to win for their campaign to gain momentum going into Super Tuesday.
  — Annabella Rosciglione, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2025
• In building a 7-2 halftime advantage and never letting the Cardinals gain momentum, the Saints also got a two-goal, one-assist effort from Jake Adams.
  — Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2023