inch by inch
Example Sentences
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Instead, firefighters and public works employees were covering the site inch by inch with soil dredged from a nearby site.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
After each hole is drilled, a crane slowly lifts a 70-foot-long wire straw called a rebar cage and, inch by inch, lowers it into the hole.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
Other characters participate in the recreation rebuilding the space inch by inch.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2025
The Prince of Wales was behind a film camera, being rolled along tracks, gradually closing in on a journalist, inch by inch.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2025
Very slowly, inch by inch, as the boy struggled not to sink, she crept out until the tip of the branch nearly touched the water.
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
