by bits and pieces

Inspired by bits and pieces from the archives, it was entirely handmade, and some links were set with gradient gray pavé diamonds.

Fantasies he created himself, inspired by bits and pieces of others read in archaic books with crackling spines.

But many business property owners, especially large corporations, gamed the system so their holdings rarely changed hands completely — only by bits and pieces at a time.

Others share snapshots of hawks and owls nesting in the trees of city parks and center dividers, and of raccoons and rats raiding trash cans, suggesting that — by bits and pieces — wildlife is restaking old claims.

The skeleton offers a rare look at a variety of reptile that’s often only represented by bits and pieces.