How to Use by inches in a Sentence

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• Or even with a single shot, missed by inches.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
• All have swung on a couple plays, and some of those plays were swung by inches.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2025
• Microsoft missed earnings by inches but is still ahead by miles.
  — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 31 July 2024
• Both Scott and Burns made tidy pars, Scott missing a birdie putt by inches.
  — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 15 June 2025
• Fans moaned in agony when DeChambeau missed his putt by inches on the third playoff hole.
  — Ryan McFadden, baltimoresun.com, 30 Aug. 2021
• Matsuyama came close but fell short by one stroke, missing a birdie on 18 by inches.
  — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
• This is soccer by inches, with a team losing and gaining the ball within seconds.
  — Catherine Porter James Hill, New York Times, 25 July 2023
• Matches often come down to one goal, and winning can be decided by inches.
  — Kelyn Soong and Alexa Juliana Ard, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2023
• In a sport defined by inches, seeing more clearly can make all the difference.
  — Jason Corso, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
• South of Shreveport, a tree crashed through a home — missing a sleeping baby by inches.
  — CBS News, 31 Mar. 2022
• Ten bullet holes blasted through the door and walls of the room at waist and head height, missing the officers by inches.
  — Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2022
• One woman telling me that potentially the lethal shot was missed by inches, maybe centimeters.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 14 July 2024
• It's covered with a gel-like cooling cover, and the deep coils are surrounded by inches of foam to cradle you from head to toe.
  — Sarah Madaus, Allure, 14 Mar. 2024
• Jairon McVea tracked him down and Jackson’s reach to the pylon missed by inches.
  — John Marshall, chicagotribune.com, 5 Dec. 2021
• Next door to Burton, Nancy Crownover survived by inches.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
• But Ruff survived—the puncture wound had missed his vitals by inches—and went on to have a legendary hunting career.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2020
• Wilson was almost at the perimeter of the airfield when, at last, the Moth rose lazily from the ground, clearing a hedge by inches.
  — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2020
• Valdez's lead still nearly slipped away in the seventh when Anthony Rendon missed a go-ahead homer by inches down the left-field line.
  — Greg Beacham, ajc, 8 Apr. 2022
• As Langford made his way through the haze and down toward the beach, he was struck by how the landscape had been blanketed by inches of dark, grayish soot.
  — Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2022
• The drivers of two other vehicles, in lanes on either side of the SUV, escaped death by inches.
  — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2024
• Yet Olmedo saved it by inches, thumping his chest in celebration after inbounding the ball.
  — Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2022
• However, the goal was ultimately called back after a lengthy video review found Morgan to be offside by inches.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 27 July 2021
• When Mitsuki breaks away to help Trevante and the others, Verna turns and fires, missing her by inches.
  — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
• Even experienced players can misread a pitch by inches, which makes deciding whether to challenge even more difficult.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
• Spotting the Czech keeper some distance from his goal-mouth, Pelé attempted to score from well behind the half-line, missing by inches.
  — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2021
• Javier Sanoja lined a double over the head of left fielder Jake McCarthy, who missed making the grab by inches.
  — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
• And Swanson missed by inches in the 75th minute after a great run by substitute Jaedyn Shaw set her up.
  — Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 16 July 2024
• Pavelski and Robertson scored in the shootout for Dallas, while Hintz’s attempt slid through the crease, missing the net by inches.
  — Dallas News, 4 Dec. 2022
• After all, tennis matches at the highest level are usually decided by just a handful of points, and those points are decided by inches.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
• Ryan Jeffers hit a single into left in an eight-pitch at-bat and Miguel Sanó missed a game-tying homer by inches as hit bounced off the top of the left-field wall.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 22 June 2021