inching

Example Sentences

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The island is inching closer to a humanitarian crisis, and its insolvent government faces a dead end.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Axios and Reuters had reported that Washington and Tehran were inching closer to a one-page, 14-point memorandum to end the war.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

You used it once — maybe twice — and now it’s sitting there, a little accusatory, inching toward its expiration date.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

Even though the company has been inching closer to 1 billion users, it has struggled to turn a profit.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

It’s not their bodies inching closer that make me nervous, it’s their words that sound just like the heavy bass music—hard and fast like too-loud conga drums.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi