Synonyms
Examples for "by inches"
Examples for "by inches"
1
It gets into the soul; it is stagnation; you die by inches.
2
Given that races are often won by inches, crabs are a no-no.
3
He had got the door open by inches, but not far enough.
4
Better be poisoned at once than die by inches in this way.
5
It missed us by inches, but we got out of the way.
1
He had it brought little by little carefully packed in sealed cases.
2
The poison of sloth will get into the soul little by little.
3
Proofs of the imposture were little by little discovered by the critics.
4
The gas would burn quietly, and we should descend little by little.
5
Then, little by little, the facts began to clarify in his mind.
1
People jockeying for position, nudging their way across the flow, pressing forward or backward by small degrees.
2
Mr, Peabody worked his way up by small degrees, from a clerk in America to a banker in London.
3
He had begun by small degrees, just taking a nip now and then, till he had become-andthat very rapidly- aharddrinker.
4
Translate: "and understand to what end the New Comedy was adopted, which by small degrees degenerated into a mere show of skill in mimicry."
5
By small degrees it gathered pace.