bit by bit
Example Sentences
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She has since sold off her gold bit by bit to get by.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
While the garden is rooted in local culture, built bit by bit from the flotsam and jetsam of Los Angeles locations and plants native to the ecology, the programming is more global in approach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025
Their envy does pour out immediately but strains forth bit by bit, pressing through the narrow gaps in their bleached smiles.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2025
The Federal Reserve is finally taking interest rates down bit by bit, adding some vigor to a sluggish investment environment.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2024
His mind was ahead of hers, behind hers, with hers, and bit by bit, with what she said, what he knew, and what he guessed, he put it all together.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
