inch along

1. see under by inches.

Example Sentences

That’s among the worst places to get caught because the final 400 feet of the climb are so steep the only way up and down is to inch along the nearly vertical face clinging to a pair of solid steel cables drilled into the rock.

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Many cars inch along the street below brandishing white flags at the end of sticks poking out of windows.

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The cars inch along, and someone up ahead is blaring their horn.

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Rainfall totals are expected to range between half an inch to an inch along the coast and valleys, while the foothills and mountains could get between 1 to 2 inches.

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It was a clear spring day, and from the forested knoll where he stood, he watched the vehicle inch along a road running through a vast, golden field of barley before fellow commandos from the 11th Special Forces Brigade opened fire from both sides, bringing the bus to a halt.

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