slowly gather

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to increase in speed, strength, or number slowly

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  • The reform movement slowly gathered momentum after the election.
  • As the train left the station, it slowly gathered speed.
  • Over months of testing, the project slowly gathered support from investors.
  • After surgery, she slowly gathered strength and returned to training.
  • With each update, the app slowly gathers a following.
  • The protests may slowly gather pace if prices keep rising.
  • By winter, the wind had slowly gathered speed across the plains.
  • If funding arrives, the initiative will slowly gather momentum.
  • We watched the startup slowly gather steam throughout the year.
  • Though initial interest was lukewarm, the idea has slowly gathered traction in academia.