How to Use inch in a Sentence

inch

1 of 2 noun

• My glutes had grown a full inch.
  — Jenna Anderson, Health, 17 Apr. 2026
• Plant the pit about 1 inch deep in the soil.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 27 June 2026
• Plant the pit about 1 inch deep in the soil.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 6 June 2026
• Most of the state could see up to an inch of rain.
  — Adam Del Rosso, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
• Winecup forms a 6-inch mat and will self-seed.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2026
• The choice was as easy as a two-inch tap-in putt.
  — Gene Wojciechowski, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026
• Dig down an inch or so, and the soil is still bone dry.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
• Two inches over a day is one thing.
  — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
• Snow totals will be an inch or less.
  — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
• Water when the top inch of soil is dry.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
• Drake stopped a few inches shy of that.
  — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
• First, a fuzz of inch-tall greenery.
  — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
• His call was correct by three-tenths of an inch.
  — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026
• Line two 7 1/2-inch square pans with foil.
  — Faye Levy, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
• Snowfall rates may reach up to a half inch per hour.
  — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 2026
• Up to a half an inch of rain may fall during the day.
  — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 16 Mar. 2026
• But her wedding dress was hemmed for a three-inch heel.
  — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
• Want a easy way to know how much ½ an inch of water is?
  — Lauren David, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026
• Look for strong 1-year-old stems that are about ¼ to ¾ inch thick.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
• Keep the mulch 3 inches away from the bark.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
• Rain amounts will likely be around a tenth to half an inch.
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026
• These flip-flops have a full inch of padding on the heel.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
• The bit that pokes out of the side of the body is four inches.
  — Flora Lichtman, Scientific American, 5 June 2023
• Even with a 19-inch screen, there’s no room for the truth.
  — Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026
• Adult kissing bugs grow to be about half an inch to an inch long.
  — Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
• The pieces ranged in size from a few inches to as long as six feet.
  — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 16 July 2026
• Cut the stem 1/4 to 1/2 inch above a node.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2026
• At each layer, bulbs should be spread about 1 inch apart.
  — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2025
• Keep the mulch 2 inches away from the trunk to avoid rot.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026
• Water the peas each time the top inch of soil feels dry to the touch.
  — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026

inch

2 of 2 verb

• I inched the car into the garage.
• We inched along in heavy traffic.
• As she neared the finish line, she inched ahead of the other racers.
• Gas prices are inching up again.
• The car inches forward but does not clear the way.
  — Erin Jones, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
• Her leg nudges mine, the hem of her overalls inching up her thighs.
  — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
• Car loan rates, too, have been inching downward.
  — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
• Glaciers are slow-moving rivers of ice that inch down mountain slopes.
  — Evan Bush, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
• Gas prices have inched up in Florida this week.
  — Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
• The ideal time to buy a home may be inching closer.
  — Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Dec. 2025
• Swift has been inching toward some sort of tipping point for a while.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
• And slowly, her credit is inching its way back up.
  — Anna Schecter, CBS News, 17 June 2026
• Each heat consists of 25 worms inching their way to the top.
  — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
• Within an hour the flood waters began to inch down.
  — Ben East, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
• Puffy white cumulus clouds inched across the sky a few thousand feet above the ground.
  — Emily Holshouser may 19, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2026
• On a two-week basis, these rates have inched up 10 percent.
  — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 29 Oct. 2025
• However, that has inched up slightly since last month.
  — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
• Shares of Microsoft inched up more than 1%.
  — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
• If the bill stalls over the next two weeks, Hammond will inch yet closer to a sure thing.
  — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
• That would be a sign that the Fed is inching closer to cutting rates.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
• The draw inched Cape Verde closer to the knockout stage.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
• An injured woman inched into the circle with a cane.
  — Brian Barth, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
• As for air freight, rates on the trans-Pacific route are inching up again.
  — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 29 Oct. 2025
• At one point, some nearby kids caught wind of the opossum and tried inching their way closer.
  — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
• The two sides nevertheless inched closer to a deal.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
• Lines of cars inch forward with flags draped from windows, their horns blaring in rhythm with rousing chants.
  — Radier Odhiambo, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 May 2026
• Williams then ran for 14 yards to get a first down and inch closer to Santos’ range.
  — Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
• Japan’s Nikkei 225 inched up as the Bank of Japan held rates steady.
  — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
• And on Friday, the area hit 120, inching very close to that record.
  — ABC News, 23 July 2023
• Sales inched up 1 percent to $631 million.
  — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 12 May 2026