Example Sentences

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Partners like Isaac have been edging toward a clinical diagnosis: alexithymia, or the inability to describe your emotions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

Used car prices, which had skyrocketed after the pandemic, have been edging down: They dropped 5.1% in July from a year earlier to $29,198, according to Edmunds.com.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023

In a sign of the changing times, even yields on bonds in Japan have been edging higher on speculation that the era of ultra-easy monetary policy is coming to an end.

From Reuters • Feb. 14, 2023

The numbers of people requiring hospitalization or dying from COVID-19 have stayed low and broadly stable, though they have been edging up in recent days.

From Washington Times • Jul. 12, 2021

“The Comanches have been edging down this way for more than a week past; I believe they mean to make trouble.”

From The Great Cattle Trail by Ellis, Edward Sylvester