Sentence examples for has ticked modestly from inspiring English sources

Spending has ticked modestly upward for five consecutive months, and businesses are already noticing the shift.

Democrats' satisfaction with their presidential candidates has ticked up modestly since October.

The clock has ticked on since then.

Moyes has ticked all the boxes.

College has also dipped since 2000 as a place to meet, but only modestly; bars and restaurants have ticked upward, and the internet, predictably, has exploded.

Two weeks ago, Romney could hope for a similar scenario: His numbers had ticked up slightly following the introduction of Paul Ryan as his running mate, and if his convention bounce had been modestly higher than Obama's he probably would have entered the stretch run in the lead.

He said he had ticked that box.

Make sure you have ticked the boxes.

Three weeks had ticked along.

We've ticked off the most convincing.

She just has ticks.