traction

"The condition for getting a raise at work is meeting your quarterly targets. "

"My friend told me there was something in the box, but I didn't know what it was yet. "

"Maria is achieving excellent grades in her math class this semester. "

"The powerful locomotives pulled the long train of freight cars across the country. "

"His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money."

"The city came under sustained attack by enemy forces."

"My sister is very helpful, especially when it comes to organizing things. "

"Every person who passes by is a potential customer."

"The student recited the poem mechanically, without any emotion or understanding. "

"My friend is seeing a therapist to help with her stress from school. "

"The students, collectively, decided to postpone the project until next week. "

"We plan to market an ecology model by next quarter."