more and more

1. Increasingly, to a steadily growing extent or degree. For example, As night came on, we were getting more and more worried, or More and more I lean toward thinking he is right. [c. 1200]

Example Sentences

If more and more people choose to go uninsured, more and more people will resort to visiting hospital emergency rooms for non-emergency care, disrupting and overwhelming the healthcare system.

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As time rolled by, Roz saw less and less of Mr. Shareef, but she saw more and more of the children.

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Plantlife reports that more and more are joining its No Mow May initiative — an annual campaign to let wildflowers grow freely, by packing away the lawnmower.

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A Democratic majority may not be able to stop his executive actions, especially as the Supreme Court seems to be intent upon handing him more and more power.

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"I see more and more beggars in town as people are starving. People have no jobs and so the election seems like a distant prospect. They have no time to be interested in it."

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