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
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
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
And when an ear infection turned out to be the culprit, it was she who fed antibiotic syrup drop by drop into Mirabelle’s small pink mouth and let her lap it up like a kitten.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
