one by one

phrase

: separately in a series : one at a time : first one and then another one, etc.

I solved the problems one by one.

The performers took the stage one by one.

Examples of one by one in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Raman listened attentively as, one by one, council members sitting around the horseshoe offered their olive branches. — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026

As her pregnancy progresses, the other women begin to vanish one by one, Jhoana uncovers the nefarious secret the agency is hiding. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026

In the preceding decade, the younger members of the Tamura family had died off, one by one, leaving only an elderly grandmother. — Yasushi Inoue, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026

Five were driven to ICE’s field office in Centennial, only to be driven back to the Aurora detention center and re-arrested, one by one. — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for one by one

• anyone
• everyone
• megaton
• overdone
• overrun
• begun
• grandson
• gudrun
• handgun
• homespun
• outdone
• outrun