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
"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
As she drops these nuggets, you can sense Spears gaining her power back, inch by inch.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023
Ever so slowly, Washington began to claw its way back, inch by inch, still keeping the rate low but starting to gain on sheer power.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
