inch by inch
Example Sentences
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He shows little faith in quiet progress, as in: Set good policy in place and hope it succeeds inch by inch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
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
"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
Slowly it divided in the middle and swung outwards inch by inch, until both doors lay back against the wall.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
