drop by drop
Example Sentences
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“In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
From Salon • Sep. 12, 2025
Those cells are then genetically modified in the lab to make them more effective at targeting cancer cells, multiplied, and infused back into the patient drop by drop.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2022
The video is conceptually simple — a copper pipe slowly leaks water, drop by drop, onto an amplified drum, while a video monitor shows the spectacle blown up large and in real time.
From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2019
Aeschylus wrote of pain that falls, even in our sleep, drop by drop upon the heart, and of finding wisdom therein.
From New York Times • May 26, 2017
“Now, Jez, you pour this, drop by drop, into that can of paint there.”
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
