How to Use inch by inch in a Sentence

inch by inch

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• The warm freshwater was moving up inch by inch toward my thighs, then to my waist, then to my chin.
  — Literary Hub, 21 July 2026
• Perfecting the work inch by inch, writing from the first word toward the last, displays the courage and fear this method induces.
  — James Folta, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2026
• For others, like jewelry, Yamada has to use a pinpoint metal detector, searching the mud inch by inch.
  — Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
• The water level of a major reservoir supplying the bustling capital city of Jakarta -- the world's biggest metropolis -- is dropping inch by inch.
  — Edna Tarigan, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
• The museum could clip the tapestry to a rail, then feed it into the paravent inch by inch; when the whole thing was transferred, the huge zigzag could be folded up—with the tapestry secured between layers of padding—then turned on its side.
  — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026