Below you will find example sentences with "gaining power". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Gaining Power in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: gaining
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 21.9 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 7 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "gaining power" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 21.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as chance of gaining power, about blacks gaining power through blm, chance, down and family stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with purchasing power, power plants, power plant, gaining traction, gaining momentum and gaining access, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with gaining power
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Because it is useful for gaining power. (7 words)
Hitler now decided to focus on legal methods of gaining power. (11 words)
Gaining power of life and death itself would have been irresistible for Palpatine. (13 words)
As Act I develops, we learn that corporate network pressures are being brought to bear in an effort to both shorten the show, dumb it down and walk the line as Sen. Joseph McCarthy is gaining power with his Communist hunts and blacklists. (43 words)
In the current global climate – with autocrats gaining power around the world and many journalists and campaigners facing difficult environments – there is a need to argue for the right to freedom of speech. (33 words)
Born as Heinz Alfred Kissinger to a Jewish family in Furth, Germany, the scholar moved to the US with his family in 1938 as the Nazi regime was gaining power in Europe. (32 words)
Or do I stay and fight the good fight against far-right voices gaining power there, not just abandoning the place to the wreckers? (24 words)
Finally, we see the "Gifters" who were successful in gaining power from the Devil Fruit they ate! (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
As Act I develops, we learn that corporate network pressures are being brought to bear in an effort to both shorten the show, dumb it down and walk the line as Sen. Joseph McCarthy is gaining power with his Communist hunts and blacklists.
Because it is useful for gaining power.
Born as Heinz Alfred Kissinger to a Jewish family in Furth, Germany, the scholar moved to the US with his family in 1938 as the Nazi regime was gaining power in Europe.
Far-right partners in her European Conservatives and Reformists group were gaining power and Europe was tilting right more broadly.
Gaining power of life and death itself would have been irresistible for Palpatine.
Johnson, says Taylor, was “a perfect example of a hyper-disconnected person” gaining power.
Since the initial designation of the Bears Ears National Monument by President Barack Obama, Indigenous groups across the country have won significant victories in gaining power over public land policy and management.
Or do I stay and fight the good fight against far-right voices gaining power there, not just abandoning the place to the wreckers?
Finally, we see the "Gifters" who were successful in gaining power from the Devil Fruit they ate!
He was a member of the Order of the Phoenix both times it was created, and he dedicated his life to trying to stop Voldemort from gaining power and hurting others.
In the current global climate – with autocrats gaining power around the world and many journalists and campaigners facing difficult environments – there is a need to argue for the right to freedom of speech.
It is all about Blacks gaining power through BLM, and the tearing down of our Historic Statues.
Such attitudes and behavior are all about gaining power, which runs counter to the Christian faith, the pope said.
While the AL calls him a “traitor”, those in the BNP-JI call him an “AL Trojan Horse”, out to rob them of their chance of gaining power.
As they progress, players advance in level, gaining power, prestige, spells, and abilities through valorous deeds such as entering overrun castles and keeps, defeating worthy opponents found within, and looting their remains.
Hitler now decided to focus on legal methods of gaining power.
Meanwhile, marauding warlords, nobles, and others bent on gaining power left the Subcontinent increasingly anarchic.
Money seems to be the major factor of gaining power in the country.
Opposition parties are allowed, and are represented in Parliament, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.
Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.