List of antonyms from "gain consciousness" to antonyms from "gaining ground"


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Definition of the day : « gain time »

  • As in delay : verb cause stop in action
Example sentences :
  • She wasn't quite sure what she had wanted to gain time for, that afternoon.
  • Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
  • But in the end she grew resigned and determined to gain time.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • Everything he had done or left undone had been to gain time.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • This was a crisis in which his only object had been to gain time—I fancy.
  • Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad
  • He must have been convinced of her death, and fled, using the boat to gain time.
  • Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
  • He expanded on this idea as he nailed away, anxious to gain time.
  • Extract from : « Other Main-Travelled Roads » by Hamlin Garland
  • Lenore picked a rose to gain time, and looked into the wings.
  • Extract from : « The Lowest Rung » by Mary Cholmondeley
  • To gain time he asked her what she did with herself all day.
  • Extract from : « Fraternity » by John Galsworthy
  • I kept on asking these questions, because I wanted to gain time.
  • Extract from : « The Birthright » by Joseph Hocking
  • To gain time he put on his hat and coat, picked Bobby up, and opened the door.
  • Extract from : « Greyfriars Bobby » by Eleanor Atkinson