inch by inch
Example Sentences
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"The soulmate feeling here doesn't float above life; it is made, inch by inch, by life, in the way the pair meet those pressures," she says.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
Other characters participate in the recreation rebuilding the space inch by inch.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2025
That barrier, too, was knocked down — or more like slow-mo toppled, inch by inch.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2023
Progress is messy, halting and incremental, but it does happen — inch by inch, step by step, mile by mile.
From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023
I walked to the mirror and raised my shirt, then ran my fingers across my abdomen, examining it inch by inch and thought, Maybe.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
