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Examples for "little by little"
Examples for "little by little"
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He had it brought little by little carefully packed in sealed cases.
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The poison of sloth will get into the soul little by little.
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Proofs of the imposture were little by little discovered by the critics.
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The gas would burn quietly, and we should descend little by little.
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Then, little by little, the facts began to clarify in his mind.
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People jockeying for position, nudging their way across the flow, pressing forward or backward by small degrees.
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Mr, Peabody worked his way up by small degrees, from a clerk in America to a banker in London.
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He had begun by small degrees, just taking a nip now and then, till he had become-andthat very rapidly- aharddrinker.
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Translate: "and understand to what end the New Comedy was adopted, which by small degrees degenerated into a mere show of skill in mimicry."
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By small degrees it gathered pace.
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It gets into the soul; it is stagnation; you die by inches.
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Given that races are often won by inches, crabs are a no-no.
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He had got the door open by inches, but not far enough.
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Better be poisoned at once than die by inches in this way.
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It missed us by inches, but we got out of the way.
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His rocket fired anyway, missing me by inches, exploding several feet away.
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We have heard of dying by inches: this is living by inches.
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At Greenock one measures the rainfall not by inches, but by yards.
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The knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off.
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It missed Complain by inches only, for he stood half behind it.
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Rivaldo's blistering effort beats the wall and clears the bar by inches.
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After all one may as well be drowned as die by inches.
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If so, you shall never have it, though we burn by inches.
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She was taller than Haven by inches, and broader through the shoulders.
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Instinctively, he leapt back and the metal pipe missed him by inches.
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He dug patiently, steadily, hour after hour, enlarging the hole by inches.