letter by letter

Example Sentences

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The RNA polymerases move along these strands and copy the stored information letter by letter.

From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2023

One morning, before he roused Mr. Kugler with cake and coffee, he spelled out “Will you marry me?” letter by letter on individual Post-its and stuck each to a mirror.

From New York Times • May 6, 2022

“C-O-V-I-D-19,” Trump said, spelling out, letter by letter, the name of the disease ravaging the nation.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2020

Yet there’s a reverence for the technologies that enable their words to reach a wider audience, via radio, or carefully hand-set, letter by letter, in a printing press.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2019

Isaac reviews the texts with care, letter by letter, while Jacob is fast and agile with his hands and binds the books with strength and ease.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar