Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  Bharat’s plan to call Rama back from exile gained immediate and widespread traction among the citizens of Ayodhya, thousands of whom accompanied him to the forest.

Mahabharata:  Although Duryodhana had committed so many atrocities, that his cause gained so much traction before the Kurukshetra war was surprising: it suggested that either many kings were as wicked as he was or that he was a master manipulator who won gullible kings over.

Bhagavad-gita:  If we carelessly contemplate temptation, even the most insignificant temptation can gain enough traction as to seem irresistible.