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
After each hole is drilled, a crane slowly lifts a 70-foot-long wire straw called a rebar cage and, inch by inch, lowers it into the hole.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
"We had some difficult scenes to do, and inch by inch, slowly slowly, bit by bit we built up this very complex relationship, to say the least."
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2025
Other characters participate in the recreation rebuilding the space inch by inch.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2025
Slowly it divided in the middle and swung outwards inch by inch, until both doors lay back against the wall.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
