inching

Example Sentences

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U.S. stocks hit a record Wednesday and are inching up premarket.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 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

Nearly two years after actor Alec Baldwin was cleared of criminal charges in the “Rust” movie shooting death, a long simmering civil negligence case is inching toward a trial this fall.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The question I really wanted to ask him was inching its way up my throat when he pulled a deck of cards out of his briefcase.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken