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Examples for "by inches"
Examples for "by inches"
1It gets into the soul; it is stagnation; you die by inches.
2Given that races are often won by inches, crabs are a no-no.
3He had got the door open by inches, but not far enough.
4Better be poisoned at once than die by inches in this way.
5It missed us by inches, but we got out of the way.
1People jockeying for position, nudging their way across the flow, pressing forward or backward by small degrees.
2Mr, Peabody worked his way up by small degrees, from a clerk in America to a banker in London.
3He had begun by small degrees, just taking a nip now and then, till he had become-andthat very rapidly- aharddrinker.
4Translate: "and understand to what end the New Comedy was adopted, which by small degrees degenerated into a mere show of skill in mimicry."
5By small degrees it gathered pace.
Making progress, but slowly.
1He had it brought little by little carefully packed in sealed cases.
2The poison of sloth will get into the soul little by little.
3Proofs of the imposture were little by little discovered by the critics.
4The gas would burn quietly, and we should descend little by little.
5Then, little by little, the facts began to clarify in his mind.
6And so, little by little, the sun rises upon the Dark Continent.
7Thus the Coupeaus learnt little by little some particulars of his life.
8She washes it little by little-onlyshe begins at the other edge.
9When it begins to boil add the Indian meal, little by little.
10Then add the Indian meal, little by little, stirring all the time.
11But, little by little, the telegraph lines were built over the country.
12Jeanne grew calmer little by little, and was the first to move.
13The act started off briskly, and little by little her tension relaxed.
14So I learned it little by little, and did not give up.
15I began, little by little, to have some suspicion of the truth.
16And then, little by little, the night gradually came to an end.
Translations for little by little