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Inching in sentence

20 examples of Inching in a sentence

So the temperature has been, sort of, inching up.
Rent this and for the next few weeks that snaky, insidious theme tune will be inching its way across your subconscious.
Not your usual movie fare, "Vengo" divides its time equally between musical ethnic folk singing and dancing from gala festivities to impromptu "jam" sessions to funeral laments while inching the family feud story slowly forward with the kinetic tempos of flamenco rhythms everpresent.
Slowly but surely, sea levels are inching up once again.
Since 2000, the rate of people dying from AIDS has declined, child-killing diseases like malaria and measles are being tackled more effectively, universal primary education is inching forward, and the targets for safe drinking water are in sight.
Independence for Kosovo, too, is inching closer.
As her government plumbs record lows in opinion polls, the centrist opposition has been inching toward power.
Inflation expectations, while inching up recently, also appear anchored well below target, despite recent soaring confidence readings.
Lastly, Japan is gaining influence in the region by inching away from its post-war “peace constitution.”
In the race between Russia and the EU to see which will collapse first, the EU has just lapped Russia and is inching toward the finish line.
Yields on Spanish and Italian government bonds have been inching up again, and equity investors’ mood is souring.
In the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte, in power since June, has sent shockwaves across Southeast Asia by denouncing the US, inching closer to China, and calling for the end to American-Philippine joint military exercises.
Global finance is also inching toward sustainability.
After decelerating for six consecutive years, real GDP growth appears to be inching up in 2017.
So China may be edging towards a whole new way of interacting with the world and dealing with its people; its curious authoritarian capitalism may be inching towards some new, and possibly viable, model for long-term development.
After two long, draining wars, its withdrawal from Afghanistan is inching along slowly.
And yet, as slippery as this slope might be, we will, sooner or later, find ourselves inching our way down it.
But if we are to achieve the “separation because of respect” that Yitzhak Rabin envisioned in the 1990s, there is no time to lose: the point of no return is inching closer with each passing day.
Unlike her husband, who supported and signed free-trade agreements during his presidency, Clinton is inching closer to the protectionist wing of the Democratic Party.
Big manufacturers are inching away from life time employment.