inch
Example Sentences
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Wall Street is inching toward a historic milestone just as the ride is getting bumpier in the stock market.
From MarketWatch
Wall Street is inching toward a historic milestone just as the ride is getting bumpier in the stock market.
From MarketWatch
By the time his competitors got their oil out of the ground, Rockefeller owned every inch of infrastructure between the wellhead and the kerosene lamp.
From MarketWatch
Right now, it’s possible SoCal will see a small amount of rain between Jan. 22 and Jan. 24, Wofford said, but it won’t be a large amount, “maybe a quarter inch.”
From Los Angeles Times
It opened just a few inches to allow a single blue eye to survey me up and down.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
