drop by drop
Example Sentences
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“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 Salon • Sep. 12, 2025
Swift has been dripping information out about her forthcoming album drop by drop.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2022
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
The video is conceptually simple — a copper pipe slowly leaks water, drop by drop, onto an amplified drum, while a video monitor shows the spectacle blown up large and in real time.
From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2019
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
