letter by letter
Example Sentences
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The RNA polymerases move along these strands and copy the stored information letter by letter.
From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2023
And it is reading that gives Jacob a tool by which he might apologize for his abuses and transform his image in his son’s eye, letter by letter.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2022
It’s a blink of an eye, letter by letter.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2021
“C-O-V-I-D-19,” Trump said, spelling out, letter by letter, the name of the disease ravaging the nation.
From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2020
I pressed the pen between my hand and Miss Volker’s twisted palm and together we managed to slowly scrawl her name, letter by letter, as if we were receiving it from a Ouija board.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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