by inches in a sentence

Examples

1. The plane managed to clear the tower by inches.
2. Separated by inches, Devers beat Cuthbert to the line.
3. They miss you by inches, but they do miss.
4. Looters had missed the artifacts by inches, he said.
5. The plans consisted of full-sized by inch professional blueprints.
6. Both missed the house by inches ( centimeters ).
7. He descended inch by inch, fighting all the way.
8. We have to grow by inches, not feet.
9. The aircraft missed a mid-air collision by inches.
10. "But we're making progress inch by inch ."