How to Use increment in a Sentence

increment

noun

• They increased the dosage of the drug in small increments over a period of several weeks.
• The volume is adjustable in 10 equal increments.
• Fines increase in increments of $10.
• There’s no reason to bid up any more than in small increments.
  — Brandon Niles, SI.com, 11 July 2019
• Keep adding stock in increments until the rice is cooked through.
  — The View, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2023
• Rent cannot be raised by more than two increments over 12 months.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 23 Apr. 2024
• And no one has any data to back up how many innings and increment jumps.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• Workers can redeem these in increments of one or two weeks at a time.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
• These were all weighted in full increment.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2025
• Roller derby is played in increments called jams that last up to two minutes.
  — Margot Fisher, Time, 1 Dec. 2025
• Imai’s progress must be measured in increments.
  — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 26 May 2026
• That’s not far off in an industry that plans in decade-long increments.
  — Fortune, 20 Aug. 2019
• The Jeep tours are offered in one, two, and three-hour increments.
  — Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
• The story was written in increments over, maybe, the past eight years.
  — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
• Young lawyers still toil over documents, billing their time in six-minute increments.
  — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
• To fast forward or rewind in small increments, briefly tilt the Toniebox to the left or to the right.
  — Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025
• Wings must be ordered in increments of six and paired with another menu item.
  — Eva Remijan-Toba, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
• These were weighted in half, full, double, and triple increments.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2025
• This feature advances in one-hour increments with a simple push on the crown.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 June 2023
• Then Galileo came up with the idea of increments that are measurable.
  — National Geographic, 30 May 2018
• Whether the increments keep shrinking depends on how well the routines hold now.
  — John Drake, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• Lower the heat and, in increments, add the crème fraîche to the simmering sauce.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
• These were weighted in full and double increments.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2025
• Give them more equipment and that will help them, but not by as large an increment as the first addition.
  — Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
• Microwave it in 20-second increments and break up the clumps with a fork.
  — Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
• Teams built their habitats in 10-hour increments as a panel of judges watched.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2019
• The bulk of the state and city’s support for the project will come through what’s called tax increment financing.
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022
• Owners can pay all at once or in monthly $10 increments.
  — Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 23 Mar. 2026
• His impact stacks up in smaller increments.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
• From there, the market steps up in fairly standard increments.
  — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026