drop by drop
Example Sentences
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Those cells are then genetically modified in the lab to make them more effective at targeting cancer cells, multiplied, and infused back into the patient drop by drop.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2022
Then oil is added, drop by drop, as the entire mixture begins to thicken and take on a slightly golden, glossy sheen.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2021
Month by month, year by year, I shed my Russianness; as Chekhov once said about his serf parentage, I squeezed my Russianness out of myself drop by drop.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2018
“He wrote: ‘In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.’
From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2018
The gwythaint did not struggle when Taran applied the poultice; soaking a piece of cloth tom from his jacket in another healing brew, he squeezed the liquid drop by drop into the bird’s beak.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
