drop by drop
Example Sentences
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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
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
During thunderstorms, I stood there getting soaked, watching the girls change color — chocolatey, glistening — as the dust on their backs turned, drop by drop, into mud.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2021
He took his life from this earth; drop by drop by his sweat he wrung food from it and from the food, silver.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
