GAIN in a Sentence

Learn GAIN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
334 example sentences for GAIN, such as:
1. Do not run too fast after gain.
2. We lose in hake, but gain in herring.
3. Pain is forgotten where gain follows.
4. Only that which is honestly got is gain.
5. He had been apt to gain hearts too easily.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of GAIN
gain
 v.  derive a benefit from
 v.  increase or develop
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Gurth accordingly hastened his pace, in order to gain the open common to which the lane led, but was not so fortunate as to accomplish his object.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
2  Truly, I fear they will lose in valour what they may gain in discretion.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
3  Gage not thy promise so lightly," said the Knight of the Fetterlock; "yet well I hope to gain the boon I shall ask.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII.
4  All hopes of eternity and all gain from the past he would have given to have her there, to be wrapped warm with him in one blanket, and sleep, only sleep.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
5  He had been apt to gain hearts too easily.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
6  At first, the Jew contented himself with patiently watching his countenance, as if to gain from its expression some clue to the intelligence he brought; but in vain.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
7  I would rather walk slowly on, so as to gain a little time before I see her.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
8  Look into the world; think how many hearts you would be proud to gain, are there.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
9  There was a will, which your mother destroyed, leaving the secret and the gain to you at her own death.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
10  You know that Sikes is dead; that Monks has confessed; that there is no hope of any further gain.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
11  In a worldly view, he had nothing to gain by being on terms with Sir Walter; nothing to risk by a state of variance.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
12  He would gain cheerfulness, and she would learn to be an enthusiast for Scott and Lord Byron; nay, that was probably learnt already; of course they had fallen in love over poetry.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
13  It is gain to me either way, and very great gain.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 4 An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness
14  I did not gain very much, however, by my inspection.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
15  I think that we may gain that by means of the law; but we have our web to weave, while theirs is already woven.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
Example Sentence: (124 in 9 pages)
1  I was able to gain invaluable experience over that year.
2  Do not worry about winning or losing; think of what you will gain.
3  New ramps will help the disabled gain better access.
4  You can't gain access to the computer system without entering your password.
5  The police managed to gain access through an upstairs window.
6  Do not run too fast after gain.
7  Bill was among the first to gain entry to Buckingham Palace when it opened to the public recently.
8  Teachers have to apply in the classroom the insights that they gain in educational courses.
9  The treatment has a whole host of extremely unpleasant side-effects including weight gain, acne, skin rashes and headaches.
10  The new arrangement enabled the police to gain an excellent idea of the total troop strength.
11  We lose in hake, but gain in herring.
12  If I gain any more weight,I shan't be able to fit into my clothes.
13  What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
14  Pain is forgotten where gain follows.
15  Only that which is honestly got is gain.