How to Use slowly but surely in a Sentence

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• Mickey slowly but surely slides down the hill.
  — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
• Police said the suspect took the cash and fled — slowly but surely.
  — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 5 June 2025
• That means that many beaches around the world are shrinking, slowly but surely.
  — David R. Montgomery, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2024
• Still, there’s a sense from some that the city is slowly but surely moving into a new era.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
• And slowly but surely the ice starts melting between us.
  — Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
• Over the past few years, red carpets have slowly but surely been filling with more and more sheer looks.
  — Meg Walters, InStyle, 31 Jan. 2026
• People slowly but surely heading out to return to work or to wrap up the day.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 19 Dec. 2025
• The thirst for French bubbly is slowly but surely waning.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2026
• But in most of the bags that dark brown substrate was slowly but surely giving way to whitish fuzzy-looking growths.
  — Bon Appétit, 9 Oct. 2024
• As the season goes on, our list should slowly but surely start to mimic the overall standings.
  — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
• That’s what the rest of the fine-dining industry is starting to learn too, slowly but surely.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2023
• Manning has slowly but surely started to find his rhythm after a sluggish start to the season.
  — Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
• The Lions are slowly but surely building a focused roster from the ground up.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 7 Sep. 2022
• However, forecasters have some good news for the weeks ahead, as spring slowly but surely starts to appear.
  — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
• And then to have people slowly but surely discover it and really respond to it was a dream.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2023
• She's started rebuilding her life, slowly but surely.
  — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
• And, slowly but surely, gearing up for October, safe to start peeking ahead to a month and a half away.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• And the foxy new name has slowly but surely taken the already-popular shade of red hair to a new height of ubiquity.
  — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 28 Sep. 2024
• While robotaxis may still win all the headlines, driverless trucks are making their own progress, slowly but surely.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2026
• Gunn is slowly but surely bringing in characters that are sure to intertwine in his grand universe.
  — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
• Europe is moving forward, slowly but surely.
  — Michaila Byrne, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
• And then, slowly but surely, the pattern repeated itself.
  — Chris Nashawaty, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
• Along with his new movie role, Majors is slowly but surely reentering into the zeitgeist.
  — Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 21 June 2024
• Louisville is slowly but surely coming into the spotlight as a top destination for a girls trip down South.
  — Vanessa Wilkins, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2023
• After trial and error, the rescuers were able to get a nylon strap under the horse and were able to guide it onto the ice slowly but surely.
  — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2022
• Everybody started to drink wine slowly but surely and then started to post wine on Instagram.
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2023
• If nothing else, Thiem will go to bed Monday night thinking that his level is slowly but surely coming back.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
• But that nothingness slowly but surely became one of the most popular sitcoms ever.
  — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
• Without a doubt, Nvidia is slowly but surely increasing its presence in life sciences and healthcare.
  — Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.d., Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
• The work week is slowly but surely winding down but that doesn't mean Connections is—and today's puzzle is as tricky as any other.
  — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024